Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66
तत्रैकपादयुक्तश्च धर्मः पापं त्रिभिः स्मृतम् । पूर्वार्धेभ्यः परं सर्वं संभविष्यति पात कम्
tatraikapādayuktaśca dharmaḥ pāpaṃ tribhiḥ smṛtam | pūrvārdhebhyaḥ paraṃ sarvaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati pāta kam
وہاں دھرم صرف ایک پاؤں پر قائم رہتا ہے اور پاپ تین پاؤں کے ساتھ غالب کہا گیا ہے۔ پچھلے یگوں کے مقابلے میں آگے آنے والا زمانہ زیادہ تر زوال اور بدکرداری کی طرف مائل ہوگا۔
Unspecified narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Allegorical tableau: Dharma as a bull standing on one leg, shadowed by three looming forms of pāpa; the horizon darkens, suggesting the onset of Kali-yuga.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga righteousness diminishes and sin predominates, so one must consciously uphold dharma.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the verse states a general yuga-dharma principle within a tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.
None explicitly; it describes the moral condition of the age rather than a specific rite.