Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
अस्मिन्युगे ह्यधर्मेण जितो धर्मः सनातनः । अनृतेन जितं सत्यं विप्राश्च वृषलैर्जिताः
asminyuge hyadharmeṇa jito dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | anṛtena jitaṃ satyaṃ viprāśca vṛṣalairjitāḥ
اس یُگ میں اَدھرم نے سناتن دھرم کو مغلوب کر دیا ہے؛ جھوٹ نے سچ پر غلبہ پا لیا ہے؛ اور برہمن بھی کمینوں کے ہاتھوں دبائے گئے ہیں۔
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: frame-sages
Scene: Allegorical depiction of Kali: dark figure overshadowing Dharma and Satya; sages lamenting; in the background a radiant temple/kṣetra stands as a beacon of stability.
FAQs
The verse diagnoses Kali’s inversion—adharma eclipsing dharma—urging seekers to find steadiness in divine shelter and right conduct.
Not named in this verse; it functions as Kali-yuga context within Dvārakā Māhātmya.
None; it is a moral and social lament describing the age’s decline.