Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
क्रव्यादा एव सर्वेषु नगरेषु पुरेषु च । आसन्नभ्रंलिहो वृक्षाः सर्वत्र क्षोणिमंडले
kravyādā eva sarveṣu nagareṣu pureṣu ca | āsannabhraṃliho vṛkṣāḥ sarvatra kṣoṇimaṃḍale
នៅគ្រប់ទីក្រុង និងទីប្រជុំជន មានតែពួកក្រវ្យាទ (អ្នកស៊ីសាច់ដ៏សាហាវ) ប៉ុណ្ណោះដែលនៅសល់។ ហើយទូទាំងមណ្ឌលផែនដី ដើមឈើឈរឡើងដូចជាកំពុងលិតពពក—ខ្ពស់តែស្គមស្ងួត។
Skanda
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A haunting cityscape: empty streets with lurking flesh-eaters; skeletal tall trees reaching into low clouds as if ‘licking’ them; a dim, dust-laden sky over a silent earth.
FAQs
When sustenance and dharma collapse, predatory behavior dominates—showing how societal ethics depend upon cosmic and ritual balance.
No tīrtha is named here; it intensifies the world-crisis that frames Kāśī’s saving sanctity later in the chapter.
None directly; the verse depicts conditions that arise when yajña and order diminish.