Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
चौराणां पार्थिवानां च दम्पत्योश्च विशेषतः । स्वल्पोदकास्तथा मेघाः स्वल्पसस्या च मेदिनी
caurāṇāṃ pārthivānāṃ ca dampatyośca viśeṣataḥ | svalpodakāstathā meghāḥ svalpasasyā ca medinī
കള്ളന്മാരിലും രാജാക്കളിലും, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ദമ്പതികൾക്കിടയിൽ, കലഹം പ്രബലമാകുന്നു. ജലം കുറയുന്നു, മേഘങ്ങൾ കുറച്ച് മഴ പെയ്യുന്നു, ഭൂമി അല്പമായ വിളവേ നൽകുന്നു।
Nārada (addressing Pitāmaha/Brahmā)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, typical)
Scene: A split tableau: on one side thieves and soldiers clash; on another a king’s court in turmoil; a couple quarrels in a dim room; above, thin clouds and a parched landscape with cracked earth and stunted crops.
FAQs
When dharma collapses in society and governance, even nature mirrors the imbalance through scarcity and failed rains.
None explicitly; it frames the urgency for protecting renowned tīrthas like Puṣkara.
None; it describes consequences rather than prescribing a rite.
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