Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

कलिना कलितं सर्वं वर्जयित्वा तु मत्पुरीम् । विप्र वर्षशते प्राप्ते मत्पुर्यां मम दर्शने

Transliteration

kalinā kalitaṃ sarvaṃ varjayitvā tu matpurīm | vipra varṣaśate prāpte matpuryāṃ mama darśane

Translation

في عصر كالي تُستولى كالي على كل شيء، إلا مدينتي. أيها البرهمن، إذا انقضت مئة سنة، ففي مدينتي، عند وقت نيلك دارشَنَتي (darśana، رؤية الحضرة)…

Word by Word

• कलिना: by Kali (the age/personified Kali)
• कलिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कलितम्: affected/tainted
• कलितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इति विशेष्यस्यान्वयः

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वर्जयित्वा: having excluded/excepting
• वर्जयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• मत्पुरीम्: my city
• मत्पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठीसमर्थ) + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विप्र: O brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• वर्षशते: at (the end of) a hundred years
• वर्षशते: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + शत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived/been completed
• प्राप्ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘वर्षशते’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मत्पुर्याम्: in my city
• मत्पुर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शने: at (the time of) seeing/meeting
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A brāhmaṇa (vipra) addressed directly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord speaks of Kali’s overpowering presence everywhere, yet Dvārakā shines as an untouched divine enclave; a brāhmaṇa listener receives the promise of darśana in the sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Kali
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in Kali Yuga, divine grace establishes protected sanctuaries; Dvārakā is portrayed as a refuge where spiritual decline does not dominate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā—called “my city” by the speaker—is singled out as exceptional in Kali Yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The focus is on darśana (holy audience/vision) in Dvārakā; no detailed ritual is stated in this verse.