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In the Padma Purana,
Villages will be like cremation grounds, cities like the realm of the dead, and countries will be filled with misery, scorned and wicked. ||56||
This world will be constantly overrun by cruel, wicked heretics, engaged in evil deeds like thieves. ||57||
The earth will be filled with wicked people and impoverished householders, and thousands of sorrows related to violence will constantly be experienced here. ||58||
Sons will be devoid of affection for their parents, and parents for their sons, and in the Kali Yuga, kings will be like thieves, stealing wealth. ||59||
Even though some people will be happy, they will have evil in their hearts and will play with each other through stories that lead to misery, thus deceiving each other. ||60||
O Shatrughna! When the time of abundant passions arrives, all extraordinary things like the attainment of heaven will be destroyed. ||61||
People, filled with great delusion, will be disgusted upon seeing the virtuous ones, those who wear the form of the liberated, adorned with vows and qualities. ||62||
Thinking the inappropriate to be appropriate, many wicked people will fall into the clutches of fear, like moths falling into fire. ||63||
Many foolish people, eager to laugh, will scorn the peaceful-hearted virtuous ones and will diligently provide food for the foolish. ||64||
Thus, rejecting the virtuous ones, they will approach the deceitful ones, and with evil intentions, they will give food to the deceitful ones. ||65||
Just as a seed placed on a stone, even if watered constantly, is useless and does not bear fruit, so too is the charity of householders to those without virtue. ||66||
The householder who, disregarding the monks, gives food to another householder, is like a fool who abandons sandalwood and takes a bitter fruit. ||67||
Knowing this, the time of wickedness and evil has arrived, do something good and permanent for your own benefit. ||68||
You are a man of name, therefore, resolve to give alms to the homeless monks. This is the essence of your wealth. ||69||
O King! In the future, giving alms to the weary monks will be a great refuge, equal to giving your own home. ||70||