श्वःश्वःपापीयदिवसाः पृथिवी गतयौवना । अतिक्रांत शुभाः कालाः पर्युपस्थितदारुणाः
śvaḥśvaḥpāpīyadivasāḥ pṛthivī gatayauvanā | atikrāṃta śubhāḥ kālāḥ paryupasthitadāruṇāḥ
Día tras día los tiempos se vuelven más pecaminosos; la tierra ha perdido su vigor juvenil. Las estaciones propicias han pasado, y las terribles se han acercado.
Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; deduced as a narrator describing Kali-yuga signs)
Scene: A darkening age: withered earth-mother, fading spring-like auspiciousness, ominous clouds of ‘daruna-kāla’ approaching; a sage laments yet points inward to dharma.
It emphasizes impermanence and moral decline as a call to seek refuge in dharma, pilgrimage, and devotion before harsher conditions prevail.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha-māhātmya framework is broader than the single shloka.
None.
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