Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
एकवर्णा भविष्यंति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । कलौ प्राप्ते महाराज नान्यथा वचनं मम
ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti varṇāścatvāra eva ca | kalau prāpte mahārāja nānyathā vacanaṃ mama
മഹാരാജാവേ! കലിയുഗം വന്നാൽ നാലു വർണ്ണങ്ങൾ എന്നു പറയപ്പെടുമെങ്കിലും, എല്ലാവരും ഒരേ (കലർന്ന) വർണ്ണംപോലെ ആയിത്തീരും; എന്റെ വചനം മറ്റഥാ ആകുകയില്ല।
Unspecified (addressing a king; contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa)
Listener: mahārāja (great king)
Scene: A sage-guru solemnly proclaims a Kali-yuga prophecy to a great king; behind them, symbolic imagery of four varṇas dissolving into a single indistinct crowd, with a dark Kali shadow looming.
FAQs
It depicts Kali-yuga as an era of blurred dharmic identities and weakened social duties, urging a return to principled conduct (ācāra).
None; the verse is a general Kali-yuga forecast.
No specific ritual is mentioned.