Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

भविष्यति ततः कल्किर्दशमे जन्मनि प्रभुः

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati tataḥ kalkirdaśame janmani prabhuḥ

Translation

Dann wird der Herr Kalki erscheinen — in der zehnten Geburt (Inkarnation).

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will be/appear
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-आर्थक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: thereafter/from that)

• कल्किः: Kalki
• कल्किः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्कि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दशमे: in the tenth
• दशमे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (जन्मनि इति विशेष्यस्य)

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth/incarnation
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual attribution within the Revākhaṇḍa narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary glimpse: Kalki as a radiant warrior on a white horse, sword raised, emerging at the end of darkness; behind him, Dharma rises again like dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Kalki

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid decline, Purāṇic dharma affirms a future restoration—divine order returns through the Lord’s descent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is an avatāra prophecy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it announces a future advent rather than prescribing a practice.