Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
अर्थलुब्धास्तथा भूपा लोभमोहशतान्विताः । अल्पायुषो नरास्तत्र अल्पसस्या च मेदिनी
arthalubdhāstathā bhūpā lobhamohaśatānvitāḥ | alpāyuṣo narāstatra alpasasyā ca medinī
அரசர்கள் பொருளாசையால் மயங்கி, பேராசை–மோகம் எனும் நூறு வடிவங்களால் கட்டுப்படுவர்; அங்கே மனிதர் குறுகிய ஆயுளுடையர், பூமியும் குறைந்த விளைச்சலையே தரும்.
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not stated in snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Kali-age village: officials collecting wealth, anxious farmers with sparse crops, thin-bodied people indicating short life; a contrasting small scene of anna-dāna at a shrine as the remedy.
FAQs
When leadership is ruled by greed and delusion, collective well-being declines—seen in lifespan and fertility of the land.
No tīrtha is directly mentioned; it describes Kali-yuga’s socio-ecological consequences.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse.