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
Le mérite (puṇya) qui, au Kṛta Yuga, se produit par dix années de pratique, ce même mérite est obtenu par les hommes au Tretā Yuga en une seule année.
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.