Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
यथायथा युगं भावि वृद्धिं यांति स्त्रियो नराः । तथातथा प्रयांति स्म लघुतां जंतुभिः सह
yathāyathā yugaṃ bhāvi vṛddhiṃ yāṃti striyo narāḥ | tathātathā prayāṃti sma laghutāṃ jaṃtubhiḥ saha
جوں جوں آنے والا یُگ آگے بڑھتا ہے، عورتیں اور مرد دنیاوی بڑھوتری میں لگتے ہیں؛ مگر اسی کے ساتھ دوسرے جانداروں سمیت وہ حقارت اور پستیِ کردار میں گرتے چلے جاتے ہیں۔
Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; deduced as a narrator describing Kali-yuga signs)
Scene: A bustling town swelling with trade and noise, yet faces show pettiness; alongside, a small shrine/tīrtha radiates calm, inviting return to inner greatness.
FAQs
It contrasts external progress with inner diminishment, encouraging cultivation of virtue, restraint, and devotion rather than mere worldly expansion.
No specific sacred site is mentioned in this shloka.
None.