Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु यज्ञदानादिकाः क्रियाः । प्रणष्टा भूतले राजंस्तीर्थयात्राव्रतोद्भवाः
etasminneva kāle tu yajñadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ | praṇaṣṭā bhūtale rājaṃstīrthayātrāvratodbhavāḥ
সেই সময়েই, হে রাজন, ভূতলে যজ্ঞ-দানাদি সকল ক্রিয়া লুপ্ত হল; তীর্থযাত্রা ও ব্রত থেকে উদ্ভূত ধর্মানুষ্ঠানও বিনষ্ট হল।
Pulastya (narrator) (deduced from nearby 'Pulastya uvāca')
Listener: Nṛpa-sattama (king)
Scene: A desolate ritual landscape: abandoned yajña-vedis, extinguished sacred fires, empty ghats, pilgrims absent; the earth appears spiritually ‘dry’.
FAQs
When pilgrimage, vows, sacrifice, and charity fade, dharma weakens on earth; sacred practice is portrayed as the support of cosmic order.
The Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred region is the setting within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa, framing tīrtha-yātrā as a sustaining force of dharma.
Yajña (sacrifice), dāna (charity), tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage), and vrata (vowed observance) are referenced as key religious disciplines.