Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
सरित्सरःसमुद्रेषु क्षयं यातेषु सर्वशः । निर्मानुषवषट्कारे ह्यमर्यादगतिं गते
saritsaraḥsamudreṣu kṣayaṃ yāteṣu sarvaśaḥ | nirmānuṣavaṣaṭkāre hyamaryādagatiṃ gate
जेव्हा नद्या, सरोवरे व समुद्र सर्वथा क्षयास गेले, आणि मनुष्यांचे ‘वषट्’कारयुक्त यज्ञकर्म लोप पावले—होय, जेव्हा सर्व काही मर्यादेपलीकडील अवस्थेत गेले—…
Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A desolate landscape: cracked riverbeds, empty lakes, receded oceans; silent altars with no smoke, no ‘vaṣaṭ’ cries; the world appears beyond maryādā, with a seer observing the collapse.
FAQs
When dharmic rites fade and nature collapses, it signals cosmic imbalance—prompting reliance on the eternal divine.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse depicts universal dissolution within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame.
It references the cessation of vaṣaṭ-kāra (Vedic oblation call), highlighting the breakdown of sacrificial order.