Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
द्वौ पादौ चैव धर्मस्य द्वौ पापस्य व्यवस्थितौ । तत्र स्याद्यौवनं नृणां गते वर्षशतेऽ खिले
dvau pādau caiva dharmasya dvau pāpasya vyavasthitau | tatra syādyauvanaṃ nṛṇāṃ gate varṣaśate' khile
Là, deux quarts du dharma et deux quarts du péché demeurent établis. En cet âge, les hommes n’atteignent la jeunesse qu’après l’écoulement complet de cent années.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: sura-śreṣṭha (Indra-like addressee implied by vocatives in adjacent verses)
Scene: A didactic cosmic tableau: Dharma and Pāpa shown as balanced quarters on a scale; humans depicted with delayed youth, time marked by a hundred-year cycle; a sage narrates to a divine listener.
FAQs
It teaches that dharma diminishes across ages, with Dvāpara marked by an equal balance of dharma and adharma, affecting human life and conduct.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it provides yuga-characteristics within the māhātmya setting.
None; it is a doctrinal description of yuga conditions.