Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
ब्रह्मोवाच । अस्मिंस्त्रेतायुगे संज्ञा हव्यकव्यसमुद्भवा । संप्रयाता युगे युग्मे कलौ न प्रभविष्यति
brahmovāca | asmiṃstretāyuge saṃjñā havyakavyasamudbhavā | saṃprayātā yuge yugme kalau na prabhaviṣyati
Brahmā dit : En ce Tretā-yuga s’est établi l’ordre sacré lié aux oblations havya offertes aux dieux et aux offrandes kavya destinées aux Pitṛs (ancêtres) ; mais, lorsque les yuga vont par paires et s’écoulent, au Kali-yuga il ne s’épanouira plus.
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pitṛs (addressed); framed by Bhartṛyajña narrating to the king
Scene: Brahmā proclaims yuga-law: a luminous Tretā backdrop with orderly sacrifice imagery fades into a darker Kali horizon with diminished ritual fires, symbolizing decline.
FAQs
Dharma’s outward forms weaken across yugas; Kali-yuga especially disrupts the disciplined culture of deva- and Pitṛ-offerings.
No particular tīrtha is identified; the focus is yuga-dharma and ritual continuity.
It frames havya (deva-yajña) and kavya (śrāddha) as yuga-sensitive practices, warning of their decline in Kali.