Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

त्रिकालमागमिष्यंति कृत्तिवासे न संशयः । कलिद्वापरसंभूता नराः कल्मषबुद्धयः

Transliteration

trikālamāgamiṣyaṃti kṛttivāse na saṃśayaḥ | kalidvāparasaṃbhūtā narāḥ kalmaṣabuddhayaḥ

Translation

At the three times of day they will come to Kṛttivāsa—of this there is no doubt—people born in Kali and Dvāpara, whose minds are stained by impurity.

Word by Word

• त्रिकालम्: thrice daily / at the three times
• त्रिकालम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial: at the three times)

• आगमिष्यन्ति: will come
• आगमिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृत्तिवासे: to/at Kṛttivāsa (place/shrine)
• कृत्तिवासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वाक्यविषय (there is no doubt)

• कलिद्वापरसंभूताः: born in Kali and Dvāpara (ages)
• कलिद्वापरसंभूताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलि + द्वापर + सम्भूत (प्रातिपदिक; √भू with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुषः (कलिद्वापरयोः सम्भूताः = born in Kali and Dvāpara)

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• कल्मषबुद्धयः: of impure intellect
• कल्मषबुद्धयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्मष + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—येषां बुद्धिः कल्मषा (whose intellect is tainted)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative voice in Kāśī Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛttivāsa/Kṛttivāseśvara (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī or immediate Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three daily time-windows—dawn, noon, dusk—shown as a triptych: streams of pilgrims approaching Kṛttivāsa; some with distracted, shadowed expressions indicating kalmaṣa-buddhi; the shrine remains luminous and steady.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛttivāsa (Kṛttivāseśvara)
• Kali Yuga
• Dvāpara Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in spiritually difficult ages, turning repeatedly to a powerful Kāśī shrine is held to be efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛttivāsa/Kṛttivāseśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Trikāla approach—coming at the three daily sacred times, aligning with sandhyā observances.