श्वःश्वःपापीयदिवसाः पृथिवी गतयौवना । अतिक्रांत शुभाः कालाः पर्युपस्थितदारुणाः
śvaḥśvaḥpāpīyadivasāḥ pṛthivī gatayauvanā | atikrāṃta śubhāḥ kālāḥ paryupasthitadāruṇāḥ
日ごとに世はさらに罪深くなり、大地は若き力を失った。吉祥の時節は過ぎ去り、凄惨なる時節が近づいている。
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.
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.