Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
शूद्रा नित्यं धर्मकामाः शूद्राश्चैव तपस्विनः । लोकयात्राक्रियाः सर्वे प्रहसंति व्यपत्रपाः
śūdrā nityaṃ dharmakāmāḥ śūdrāścaiva tapasvinaḥ | lokayātrākriyāḥ sarve prahasaṃti vyapatrapāḥ
Les śūdras aspirent sans cesse au dharma, et les śūdras deviennent même des ascètes; tandis que les devoirs coutumiers qui soutiennent la marche du monde sont raillés par tous, sans la moindre honte.
Nārada
Type: kshetra
Scene: A street scene where people laugh at a householder performing daily rites, while unexpected ascetics emerge from humble quarters—capturing inversion and shameless ridicule.
FAQs
In Kali, values invert and essential duties are ridiculed; dharma requires steadiness despite social mockery.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned.
None explicitly; “lokayātrā-kriyāḥ” refers broadly to customary sustaining duties rather than a named rite.