Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
यथायथा युगानां च ह्रास एष भविष्यति । तथातथा जना दुष्टा भविष्यंत्यन्यभक्तिकाः
yathāyathā yugānāṃ ca hrāsa eṣa bhaviṣyati | tathātathā janā duṣṭā bhaviṣyaṃtyanyabhaktikāḥ
യുഗങ്ങൾ ക്രമേണ ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, അതുപോലെ ജനങ്ങൾ കൂടുതൽ ദുഷ്ടരായി, പരദേശീയ (അശുഭ) മാർഗങ്ങളിലേക്കുള്ള ഭക്തിനിഷ്ഠയിൽ പതിക്കും।
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A prophetic speaker describes the dimming of dharma across successive yugas; crowds turn away toward discordant, ‘alien’ loyalties, while a quiet tīrtha landscape stands as a refuge.
FAQs
When dharma wanes, devotion and conduct drift; maintaining right worship and ethics becomes a conscious discipline.
None in this verse; it provides a yuga-based moral backdrop to the tīrtha discussion.
No direct prescription; it explains why prescribed rites (like śrāddha) become neglected.