Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
दशवर्षैस्तु यत्पुण्यं क्रियते तु कृते युगे । त्रेतायामेकवर्षेण तत्पुण्यं साध्यते नृभिः
daśavarṣaistu yatpuṇyaṃ kriyate tu kṛte yuge | tretāyāmekavarṣeṇa tatpuṇyaṃ sādhyate nṛbhiḥ
Das Verdienst (puṇya), das im Kṛta-Yuga durch zehn Jahre Übung erworben wird, wird von den Menschen im Tretā-Yuga in nur einem Jahr erlangt.
Sūta
Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage explains the yuga-wise contraction of time needed for merit—ten years in Kṛta becomes one year in Tretā—set against a symbolic backdrop of four ages depicted as diminishing pillars or fading halos.
FAQs
Spiritual effort yields different efficiencies across yugas; dharma adapts with time while preserving the goal of purification and liberation.
Within Adhyāya 43, the context is Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara; the yuga-teaching supports the exceptional potency of the Setu-Rāmeśvara field.
No single rite is named; the verse frames the time required to generate equivalent puṇya across yugas.