History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.41

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The Yugapurāna is the 113th chapter of Gārgīsaṁhitā and is called Skandapurāna in the ms. secured by Prof. Mankad, probably because the Purāna starts with a question by Skanda to Śiva about the characteristics of the different *yugas*. The characteristics of Kṛta, Tretā and Dvāpara are respectively described in lines 11–28, 29–45 and 46–74 of Prof. Mankad's text; and lines 75–235 (of Prof. Mankad's text) and lines 1–115 of Jayaswal's text (in JBORS. vol. XIV. pp. 400–408) describe the characteristics of the Kaliyuga, and the political, social and economic history of a few centuries before the work was composed. The characteristics of the Kaliyuga in the Yugapurāna bear a very close resemblance to the description of Kaliyuga in the Vanaparva (chap. 188. 30–64), one half verse being the same in both.1348c