Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
एतस्मिन्नंतरे नष्टो धर्मः पत्नीसमुद्भवः । पुरुषाणां ततः स्त्रीणां निजकांतासमुद्भवः
etasminnaṃtare naṣṭo dharmaḥ patnīsamudbhavaḥ | puruṣāṇāṃ tataḥ strīṇāṃ nijakāṃtāsamudbhavaḥ
இந்நேரத்தில் மனைவி-நம்பிக்கையிலிருந்து எழும் தர்மம் அழிந்தது; அதுபோல ஆண்களிலும் பெண்களிலும் தம் தம் நிஜக் காதலருக்கான ஒருநிலைத் தர்மமும் மறைந்தது।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A somber tableau: households in discord, couples separated, dharma personified as fading; in the distance, the Śiva shrine stands as a silent witness.
FAQs
The verse laments a collapse of conjugal dharma, contrasting social decline with the continuing power of sacred places.
The broader passage continues the Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha context, though this verse itself focuses on social dharma.
No ritual is prescribed here; it is a moral observation about dharma’s decline.
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