Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
ततः कलियुगं प्रोक्तं चतुर्थं च सुदारुणम् । एकपादो वृषो यत्र पापं पादैस्त्रिभिः स्थितम्
tataḥ kaliyugaṃ proktaṃ caturthaṃ ca sudāruṇam | ekapādo vṛṣo yatra pāpaṃ pādaistribhiḥ sthitam
তাৰ পাছত কোৱা হয় কলিযুগ—চতুৰ্থ যুগ, অতি ভয়ংকৰ—য’ত ধৰ্মৰ বৃষ একেটা পায়ে থিয় থাকে, আৰু পাপ তিনিটা পায়ে প্ৰতিষ্ঠিত থাকে।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: Personified Dharma as a bull standing on one leg, trembling; beside it, a three-legged dark figure of Pāpa/Kali stands firm; the sky shows the turning of ages.
FAQs
Kali Yuga is marked by a drastic weakening of dharma and a dominance of sin; spiritual effort must therefore be more deliberate.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the yuga-context within a Tīrthamāhātmya discourse.
None is directly prescribed here.
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