Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
अल्पायुषस्तथा मर्त्या जायंते वर्णसंकरात् । ये केचन प्रजीवंति दुःखेन ते समन्विताः
alpāyuṣastathā martyā jāyaṃte varṇasaṃkarāt | ye kecana prajīvaṃti duḥkhena te samanvitāḥ
வர்ணசங்கரத்தால் மனிதர்கள் குறுகிய ஆயுளுடன் பிறக்கின்றனர்; எப்படியோ வாழ்பவர்களும் துயரத்தோடு இணைந்தே வாழ்கிறார்கள்।
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A crowded town scene showing social confusion: mixed occupations and neglected rites, elders ignored, children frail; a symbolic hourglass or withering tree indicates shortened lifespan; a distant temple/tīrtha stands as the stabilizing axis.
FAQs
Dharma-protecting social responsibility sustains wellbeing; when it collapses, life becomes shorter and more burdened.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is part of a broader māhātmya warning about decline.
None.