Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

एवं जाते ततो लोके ब्राह्मणो हरिपिंगलः । कल्किगोत्रसमुत्पन्नस्तान्सर्वा न्सूदयेत्ततः

Transliteration

evaṃ jāte tato loke brāhmaṇo haripiṃgalaḥ | kalkigotrasamutpannastānsarvā nsūdayettataḥ

Translation

Wenn es in der Welt so gekommen ist, dann erschlägt ein Brahmane namens Haripiṅgala, aus der Linie Kalkis hervorgegangen, sie alle.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• जाते: when (it) had happened/occurred
• जाते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (√जन् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter); सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/कालवाचक (ablatival/temporal adverb)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• हरिपिङ्गलः: Haripiṅgala (name)
• हरिपिङ्गलः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिपिङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (हरि + पिङ्गल) नाम

• कल्किगोत्रसमुत्पन्नः: born in the Kalki lineage
• कल्किगोत्रसमुत्पन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of brāhmaṇaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्कि-गोत्र-समुत्पन्न (कल्कि + गोत्र + समुत्पन्न; √पद्/√पत्? here सम्+उत्+√पद्/√पत् in sense 'arisen', क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कल्किगोत्रे समुत्पन्नः)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karman-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सूदयेत्: would kill/slay
• सूदयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सूद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrative voice (Sūta as continuing expositor within the Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark end-of-age scene: darkened skies, crumbling social order; Haripiṅgala, a brāhmaṇa-warrior figure with ascetic marks, stands resolute, wielding a weapon as a force of dharma; faint emblem of Kalki lineage (horse motif) appears as an omen.

Characters & Entities

• Haripiṅgala
• Kalki

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma ripens, corrective forces arise to restore order—portrayed here through a lineage connected with Kalki.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya section, though it narrates a world-event rather than a site-specific rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about a future/culminating event.