Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
आयुः परं मनुष्याणां शतसंख्यं सुरेश्वर । नागानां च तरूणां च वर्षाणां यत्र नाधिकम्
āyuḥ paraṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ śatasaṃkhyaṃ sureśvara | nāgānāṃ ca tarūṇāṃ ca varṣāṇāṃ yatra nādhikam
اے دیوتاؤں کے پروردگار! اس زمانے میں انسان کی زیادہ سے زیادہ عمر قریب سو برس ہی ہوگی، اور وہاں سانپوں اور درختوں کی عمر بھی اس سے زیادہ نہ ہوگی۔
Unspecified narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sureśvara (addressed)
Scene: A measuring staff or hourglass motif beside a human figure; nāga and a great tree shown with shortened shadow-lengths, symbolizing reduced lifespan across species; a sage gestures toward dharma.
FAQs
Life becomes shorter and more fragile in Kali-yuga, urging urgency in dharma, devotion, and merit-making acts.
None; the verse gives a general yuga description within the tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
No direct prescription, but the implication supports timely practice of dāna, vrata, and tīrtha-sevā.