Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
तत्पुत्रस्य विशेषेण तथैवांतःपुरस्य च । राष्ट्रस्य च समग्रस्य वाहनानां तथा क्षयः
tatputrasya viśeṣeṇa tathaivāṃtaḥpurasya ca | rāṣṭrasya ca samagrasya vāhanānāṃ tathā kṣayaḥ
In particular, ruin came upon his son and likewise upon the women of the inner palace; and in the entire kingdom too there was a wasting away—especially of vehicles and mounts.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A montage-like depiction: the prince afflicted, inner-palace women distressed, the kingdom’s stables and chariots failing—broken carts, weakened mounts—messengers rushing with bad news.
FAQs
When dharma and auspicious order weaken, misfortune spreads from the ruler’s house to the whole realm, urging remedial śānti and renewed righteousness.
This verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka excerpt.
No direct prescription appears in this verse; it describes calamity (kṣaya) that later motivates śānti rites.