Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87
रक्षणे विनिवृत्ते च हत्वा चान्योन्यमाहवे । परस्परहतास्ताश्च निराक्रंदाः सुदुःखिताः
rakṣaṇe vinivṛtte ca hatvā cānyonyamāhave | parasparahatāstāśca nirākraṃdāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
Lorsque la protection et l'ordre auront cessé, ils s'entretueront au combat. Tués les uns par les autres, ils giseront sans même un cri, accablés par la misère.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A battlefield without victors: bodies lie still, no lamentation; broken chariots; a dim sun; crows and wind—silence heavier than sound.
FAQs
Without dharmic protection and self-control, suffering multiplies through mutual harm; the text warns against adharma’s social consequences.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a moral-prophetic passage within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
None; it is a descriptive warning rather than a ritual instruction.