Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
न कश्चिद्यजनं चक्रे याजनं न च सद्द्विजः । न श्राद्धं न च संकल्पं न स्वाध्यायं कथंचन
na kaścidyajanaṃ cakre yājanaṃ na ca saddvijaḥ | na śrāddhaṃ na ca saṃkalpaṃ na svādhyāyaṃ kathaṃcana
کسی نے یَجْیَ نہ کیا؛ کسی سَدْدْوِج نے یاجن کا کرم نہ نبھایا۔ نہ شرادھ تھا، نہ سنکلپ، اور نہ ہی کہیں سوادھیائے کی تلاوت۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta-like narration within Māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An empty yajña hall: altar cold, ladles set aside, brāhmaṇas silent with closed manuscripts; a śrāddha setup abandoned; the atmosphere conveys a halted sacred routine.
FAQs
When the structure of time collapses, society’s dharmic pillars—yajña, śrāddha, and svādhyāya—also falter, showing the importance of cosmic and moral order.
Not specified in this verse; it describes the wider impact accompanying the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha episode.
It lists rites that cease: yajña (yajana/yājana), śrāddha, saṃkalpa, and svādhyāya.