Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
भविष्यंति कलौ प्राप्ते मलिना दुष्टवृत्तयः । मद्यपानरताः सर्वेप्यया ज्यानां हि याजकाः
bhaviṣyaṃti kalau prāpte malinā duṣṭavṛttayaḥ | madyapānaratāḥ sarvepyayā jyānāṃ hi yājakāḥ
कलौ युगे समुपस्थिते जनाः मलिनाः दुष्टवृत्तयश्च भविष्यन्ति। सर्वे मद्यपानरताः स्युः, अयाज्यानामपि याजकत्वं करिष्यन्ति॥
Sūta (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A darkening age: intoxicated crowds, polluted streets, and a priest accepting offerings indiscriminately; in the background a neglected altar and dimmed sacred fire, symbolizing ritual decay.
FAQs
Ritual without purity and integrity becomes adharma; spiritual authority must be grounded in self-restraint and eligibility.
No tīrtha is cited in this verse.
It references yajña officiation ethics by warning against performing rites for ayājya (unqualified) persons.