Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 82
Devanagari script
पुनर्युगान्ते सम्प्राप्ते किंचिच्छेषे कलौ युगे । निःशेषमभवत्सर्वं शुष्कं स्थावरजङ्गमम्
Transliteration
punaryugānte samprāpte kiṃciccheṣe kalau yuge | niḥśeṣamabhavatsarvaṃ śuṣkaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam
Translation
Wiederum, als das Ende des Zeitalters herankam und vom Kali-Yuga nur noch wenig blieb, verdorrte alles—das Unbewegliche wie das Bewegliche—vollständig.
Word by Word
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (again)
युगान्तेat the end of the age
युगान्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुगान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (युगस्य अन्तः)
सम्प्राप्तेwhen (it) had come/arrived
सम्प्राप्ते:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + प्र + √आप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (when it had arrived)
किंचित्a little, somewhat
किंचित्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
Formअव्ययप्राय; परिमाणवाचक (somewhat, a little)
शेषेin the remainder, when only a remnant remained
शेषे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
कलौin Kali (age)
कलौ:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
युगेin the age
युगे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
निःशेषम्completely
निःशेषम्:
Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिः + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (entirely, without remainder)
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
शुष्कम्dry
शुष्कम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
स्थावरजङ्गमम्(all) stationary and moving beings
स्थावरजङ्गमम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थावर + जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (स्थावरं च जङ्गमं च)
Speaker
Unspecified narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: null
Type: null
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: null
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A world at the edge of an age: cracked earth, pale sky, withered rivers; animals and people wander weakly; the sense of time itself closing in.
Characters & Entities
K
Kali YugaFAQs
It presents yuga-end as a total ecological and moral collapse, encouraging reliance on dharma and remembrance of the divine amid decay.
No specific site is singled out in this verse.
None.