Linga Purana

प्रमदाः केशशूलिन्यो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे चित्रवर्षी तदा देवो यदा प्राहुर्युगक्षयम्

Women will wear their hair loose in the Kali age; when the god is said to announce the end of the age, there will be strange rains.

सर्वे वणिग्जनाश्चापि भविष्यन्त्यधमे युगे कुशीलचर्याः पाषण्डैर् वृथारूपैः समावृताः

All merchants will become corrupt in the lowest age, practicing deceitful trades, surrounded by impostors in vain forms.

बहुयाजनको लोको भविष्यति परस्परम् नाव्याहृतक्रूरवाक्यो नार्जवी नानसूयकः

People will perform many sacrifices, but among themselves will speak harsh words, lacking honesty and full of slander.

न कृते प्रतिकर्ता च युगक्षीणे भविष्यति निन्दकाश्चैव पतिता युगान्तस्य च लक्षणम्

There will be no one to reciprocate good deeds when the age declines; slanderers will fall, and this is a mark of the end of the age.

नृपशून्या वसुमती न च धान्यधनावृता मण्डलानि भविष्यन्ति देशेषु नगरेषु च

The earth will be devoid of kings, and not covered with grain or wealth; regions and cities will become barren.

अल्पोदका चाल्पफला भविष्यति वसुंधरा गोप्तारश्चाप्यगोप्तारः सम्भविष्यन्त्यशासनाः

The earth will yield little water and little fruit; those who should protect will fail to do so, and lawless rulers will arise.

हर्तारः परवित्तानां परदारप्रधर्षकाः कामात्मानो दुरात्मानो ह्य् अधमाः साहसप्रियाः

There will be thieves of others' wealth, violators of others' wives, those driven by desire, evil-minded, base, and fond of violence.

प्रनष्टचेष्टनाः पुंसो मुक्तकेशाश् च शूलिनः जनाः षोडशवर्षाश् च प्रजायन्ते युगक्षये

Men will lose proper conduct, wear their hair loose, and bear tridents; at the end of the age, children will be born at sixteen years.

शुक्लदन्ताजिनाक्षाश् च मुण्डाः काषायवाससः शूद्रा धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते

With white teeth, skins, and eyes, shaven heads, and wearing ochre robes, Shudras will practice righteousness at the approach of the end of the age.

सस्यचौरा भविष्यन्ति दृढचैलाभिलाषिणः चौराश्चोरस्वहर्तारो हर्तुर्हर्ता तथापरः

There will be thieves of crops, those desiring sturdy garments; thieves will steal from other thieves, and even from the thief's thief.

योग्यकर्मण्युपरते लोके निष्क्रियतां गते कीटमूषकसर्पाश् च धर्षयिष्यन्ति मानवान्

When proper work ceases and the world becomes inactive, insects, mice, and snakes will attack humans.

सुभिक्षं क्षेममारोग्यं सामर्थ्यं दुर्लभं तदा कौशिकीं प्रतिपत्स्यन्ते देशान्क्षुद्भयपीडिताः

Abundance, safety, health, and capability will be rare then; people afflicted by hunger and fear will seek refuge in the Kauśikī regions.

दुःखेनाभिप्लुतानां च परमायुः शतं तदा दृश्यन्ते न च दृश्यन्ते वेदाः कलियुगे ऽखिलाः

For those overwhelmed by suffering, the highest lifespan will be a hundred years; then, the Vedas will not be seen at all in the Kali age.

उत्सीदन्ति तदा यज्ञाः केवलाधर्मपीडिताः काषायिणो ऽप्यनिर्ग्रन्थाः कापालीबहुलास्त्विह

Sacrifices will perish, afflicted only by unrighteousness; even those in ochre robes, without ties, and many skull-bearers will be seen here.

वेदविक्रयिणश्चान्ये तीर्थविक्रयिणः परे वर्णाश्रमाणां ये चान्ये पाषण्डाः परिपन्थिनः

Some will sell the Vedas, others will sell holy places; others, impostors, will obstruct the orders of caste and stage of life.

उत्पद्यन्ते तदा ते वै सम्प्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे अधीयन्ते तदा वेदाञ् शूद्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः

Then, when the Kali age arrives, those people arise; at that time, the Shudras, skilled in dharma and wealth, study the Vedas.

यजन्ते चाश्वमेधेन राजानः शूद्रयोनयः स्त्रीबालगोवधं कृत्वा हत्वा चैव परस्परम्

Kings born of Shudra lineage perform Ashvamedha sacrifices, having killed women, children, and cows, and also slain each other.

उपद्रवांस्तथान्योन्यं साधयन्ति तदा प्रजाः दुःखप्रभूतमल्पायुर् देहोत्सादः सरोगता

At that time, people cause disturbances to one another; suffering becomes abundant, lifespans are short, bodies decay, and all are afflicted with disease.

अधर्माभिनिवेशित्वात् तमोवृत्तं कलौ स्मृतम् प्रजासु ब्रह्महत्यादि तदा वै सम्प्रवर्तते

Because of attachment to unrighteousness, the Kali age is said to be enveloped in darkness; among the people, acts like killing Brahmins and others arise.

तस्मादायुर्बलं रूपं कलिं प्राप्य प्रहीयते तदा त्वल्पेन कालेन सिद्धिं गच्छन्ति मानवाः

Therefore, upon entering Kali, lifespan, strength, and beauty decline; then, in a short time, humans attain their end.

धन्या धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं ये चरन्त्यनसूयकाः

Blessed are those excellent twice-born who practice dharma at the end of the age, who follow the dharma declared in the scriptures without envy.

त्रेतायां वार्षिको धर्मो द्वापरे मासिकः स्मृतः यथाक्लेशं चरन्प्राज्ञस् तदह्ना प्राप्नुते कलौ

In Treta, dharma is practiced yearly; in Dvapara, it is remembered as monthly; the wise, practicing according to their hardship, attain it daily in Kali.

एषा कलियुगावस्था संध्यांशं तु निबोध मे युगे युगे च हीयन्ते त्रींस्त्रीन्पादांस्तु सिद्धयः

This is the condition of the Kali age; now hear from me about its twilight portion. In each age, three quarters of perfection diminish.

युगस्वभावाः संध्यास्तु तिष्ठन्तीह तु पादशः संध्यास्वभावाः स्वांशेषु पादशस्ते प्रतिष्ठिताः

The nature of the ages and their twilights remain here, each by a quarter; the nature of the twilight is established in its own portion, by a quarter.

एवं संध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके तेषां शास्ता ह्यसाधूनां भूतानां निधनोत्थितः

Thus, when the time of the twilight portion at the end of the age arrives, the ruler of those wicked beings arises for their destruction.

गोत्रे ऽस्मिन्वै चन्द्रमसो नाम्ना प्रमितिरुच्यते मानवस्य तु सो ऽंशेन पूर्वं स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे

In this lineage of the moon, one named Pramiti is spoken of; by a portion, he was a man in a previous interval of Svayambhu.

समाः स विंशतिः पूर्णाः पर्यटन्वै वसुंधराम् अनुकर्षन् स वै सेनां सवाजिरथकुञ्जराम्

He, having completed twenty years, travels the earth, leading an army with horses, chariots, and elephants.

प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः स तदा तैः परिवृतो म्लेच्छान् हन्ति सहस्रशः

Surrounded then by hundreds and thousands of Brahmins armed with weapons, he slays thousands of mlecchas.

स हत्वा सर्वशश्चैव राज्ञस्ताञ्शूद्रयोनिजान् पाखण्डांस्तु ततः सर्वान् निःशेषं कृतवान् प्रभुः

He, having slain all those kings born of Shudra lineage, then destroys all impostors completely, as the lord.