Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
अस्मिन्युगे ह्यधर्मेण जितो धर्मः सनातनः । अनृतेन जितं सत्यं विप्राश्च वृषलैर्जिताः
asminyuge hyadharmeṇa jito dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | anṛtena jitaṃ satyaṃ viprāśca vṛṣalairjitāḥ
এই যুগত অধৰ্মে সনাতন ধৰ্মক জয় কৰিছে; অনৃত্যে সত্যক পৰাভূত কৰিছে; আৰু বিপ্ৰসকলকো নীচলোকেই দমন কৰিছে।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: frame-sages
Scene: Allegorical depiction of Kali: dark figure overshadowing Dharma and Satya; sages lamenting; in the background a radiant temple/kṣetra stands as a beacon of stability.
FAQs
The verse diagnoses Kali’s inversion—adharma eclipsing dharma—urging seekers to find steadiness in divine shelter and right conduct.
Not named in this verse; it functions as Kali-yuga context within Dvārakā Māhātmya.
None; it is a moral and social lament describing the age’s decline.