Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
भविष्यंति युगस्यांते नराः अंगुष्ठमात्रकाः । गृहं च तेऽथ कुर्वंति बिलैराखुसमुद्भवैः
bhaviṣyaṃti yugasyāṃte narāḥ aṃguṣṭhamātrakāḥ | gṛhaṃ ca te'tha kurvaṃti bilairākhusamudbhavaiḥ
劫の終わりには、人々は親指ほどの大きさとなる。そののち鼠の穴より生じた孔を住まいとして造るであろう。
Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; deduced as a narrator describing Kali-yuga signs)
Scene: Surreal end-of-age tableau: tiny thumb-sized humans entering rat-burrows as dwellings; vast, indifferent landscape; a distant temple spire or sacred river remains proportionally immense, symbolizing the enduring sacred.
FAQs
It uses stark end-of-age imagery to stress the consequences of prolonged dharma decline and the urgency of spiritual refuge in sacred practice.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.