Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
चौराणां पार्थिवानां च दम्पत्योश्च विशेषतः । स्वल्पोदकास्तथा मेघाः स्वल्पसस्या च मेदिनी
caurāṇāṃ pārthivānāṃ ca dampatyośca viśeṣataḥ | svalpodakāstathā meghāḥ svalpasasyā ca medinī
Unter Dieben und Königen, und ganz besonders zwischen Mann und Frau, herrscht Streit. Die Wasser werden knapp, die Wolken spenden wenig, und die Erde trägt nur kärgliche Saat.
Nārada (addressing Pitāmaha/Brahmā)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, typical)
Scene: A split tableau: on one side thieves and soldiers clash; on another a king’s court in turmoil; a couple quarrels in a dim room; above, thin clouds and a parched landscape with cracked earth and stunted crops.
FAQs
When dharma collapses in society and governance, even nature mirrors the imbalance through scarcity and failed rains.
None explicitly; it frames the urgency for protecting renowned tīrthas like Puṣkara.
None; it describes consequences rather than prescribing a rite.