What is the 'Daarun' (Terrible) Kali Yuga?

Padma Purana Uttarakhand and Srimad Bhagavad Mahatmya Bhakti Narada Samvad Chapter I

Kaliyug had arrived when Lord Shri Krishna left the earth. Its effect was not that much during the time of the rule of King Parikshit, but when King Parikshit left for the earth, from that time Kaliyug started expanding slowly.

After about 2500 years had passed in the middle of Kaliyug, when Devrishi Narad ji came back considering the earth to be the best place, he saw that all the pilgrimage places of Sanatan Dharma, Haridwar, Kashi, Prayag, Dwarika, Pushkar, Rameshwaram, Kurukshetra, Ujjain, Mathura, etc. were under the control of the heretic invaders.

At that time, there was a state of panic in the entire land of India. The terrible Kaliyug had taken a cruel form.

People had deviated from the path of the Vedas. There was a show of hypocrisy all around. Nothing was left of truth, penance, thinking (purity from outside and inside), charity, mercy, etc.

Sadhus and saints had become hypocrites and greedy. A large number of Hindu temples were destroyed by attacks. Due to the severe effects of Kaliyug, devotion had disappeared. Knowledge and detachment were in a dilapidated state.

Then Narad ji told Bhakti Mata that this is a terrible Kaliyug.

Due to this, at this time, all the good conduct, yoga, path, etc. have disappeared. According to the first chapter of Shrimad Bhagwat Mahatmya, when Devrishi Narad met Bhakti Mata, at that time the middle period of Kaliyug i.e. severe Kaliyug was going on.

Those who say that Kaliyug is still in its infancy due to ignorance due to a lack of knowledge of the essence of the scriptures, they should study the Sanatan Dharma scriptures properly. All the gentlemen who love Sanatan Dharma should read Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran daily and do Trikal Sandhya so that we can know the ultimate element of Sanatan.