Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
सरित्सरःसमुद्रेषु क्षयं यातेषु सर्वशः । निर्मानुषवषट्कारे ह्यमर्यादगतिं गते
saritsaraḥsamudreṣu kṣayaṃ yāteṣu sarvaśaḥ | nirmānuṣavaṣaṭkāre hyamaryādagatiṃ gate
Als Flüsse, Seen und Ozeane überall dem Untergang anheimfielen und die menschlichen Riten mit dem Ruf „vaṣaṭ“ verstummten—ja, als alles in einen Zustand jenseits rechter Ordnung geriet—…
Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A desolate landscape: cracked riverbeds, empty lakes, receded oceans; silent altars with no smoke, no ‘vaṣaṭ’ cries; the world appears beyond maryādā, with a seer observing the collapse.
FAQs
When dharmic rites fade and nature collapses, it signals cosmic imbalance—prompting reliance on the eternal divine.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse depicts universal dissolution within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame.
It references the cessation of vaṣaṭ-kāra (Vedic oblation call), highlighting the breakdown of sacrificial order.