Talk:Yugapurana
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Yugapurāṇa This forms the 113th chapter of the treatise Gārgl Sarhhitā, a work on astrology. It is sometimes called Skanda- purāna—not to be confused with the well-known bigger work—probably because it begins with a question by Skanda to Śiva. It is placed at 100 B. C. Couched in the style of the purāṇas it deals mainly with the characteristics of the four yugas—Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali—that of Kaliyuga resembling closely with the one given in the Vanaparva (Chapter 188, verses 30-64) of the epic Mahābhārata. The attack on Sāketa and Pāṭālīputra by the kings of Pāñcāla and Mathurā along with the Yavanas gets a prominent place. The depredations of the enemy armies and destruction of the civilian population make a dismal reading.