Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
श्वःश्वःपापीयदिवसाः पृथिवी गतयौवना । अतिक्रांत शुभाः कालाः पर्युपस्थितदारुणाः
śvaḥśvaḥpāpīyadivasāḥ pṛthivī gatayauvanā | atikrāṃta śubhāḥ kālāḥ paryupasthitadāruṇāḥ
De jour en jour, les temps deviennent plus pécheurs; la terre a perdu sa vigueur de jeunesse. Les saisons fastes se sont évanouies, et les saisons terribles se sont approchées.
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.
FAQs
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.