Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
तस्यानंतरमेवाशु दुर्भिक्षं संभविष्यति । अनावृष्टिश्च भविता रौद्रा द्वादश वार्षिकी । यया संपत्स्यते सर्वं भूतलं गतमानवम्
tasyānaṃtaramevāśu durbhikṣaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati | anāvṛṣṭiśca bhavitā raudrā dvādaśa vārṣikī | yayā saṃpatsyate sarvaṃ bhūtalaṃ gatamānavam
اس کے فوراً بعد ہولناک قحط برپا ہوگا؛ بارہ برس تک سخت خشک سالی رہے گی، جس سے ساری زمین مصیبت میں مبتلا ہوگی اور لوگ تباہی کو پہنچیں گے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Parched earth with cracked ground, withered crops, empty wells; people thin and distressed; a harsh sun overhead; the mood anticipates a turn toward sacred refuge.
FAQs
Collective suffering is portrayed as a grave turning of fate/omen, calling for dharmic remedies, restraint, and sacred recourse in the narrative that follows.
Not a new site; it sets the crisis within the ongoing Adhyāya 96 tīrtha narrative, preparing for the tīrtha-centered resolution.
None in this verse; it predicts drought and famine, which typically prompt tīrtha, dāna, and devotional remedies in Purāṇic frameworks.