Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा वदतो मम सांप्रतम् । रौद्रं कलियुगंनाम यत्र कृष्णो जनार्दनः
śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā vadato mama sāṃpratam | raudraṃ kaliyugaṃnāma yatra kṛṣṇo janārdanaḥ
आता सावध होऊन माझे वचन ऐक. ‘कलि’ नावाचे ते रौद्र युग आहे, ज्यात कृष्ण जनार्दन (मानवांमध्ये) प्रकट दिसत नाहीत।
Unspecified narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A darkening horizon as a radiant figure of Kṛṣṇa fades from the human realm; people stand on a riverbank in anxious silence while a sage points toward the coming ‘raudra’ age—sky tinged with red and ash.
FAQs
Kali-yuga is characterized as harsh, and the listener is urged to be vigilant and attentive to dharma-teachings.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces Kali-yuga within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it functions as an introduction to Kali-yuga’s qualities.