Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

कलिकल्मषसंभूत्या येषां चोपहता मतिः । न तेषां तद्भवेद्गम्यं स्थानमर्धेन्दुमौलिनः

Transliteration

kalikalmaṣasaṃbhūtyā yeṣāṃ copahatā matiḥ | na teṣāṃ tadbhavedgamyaṃ sthānamardhendumaulinaḥ

Translation

Those whose understanding has been struck down by the sins born of the Kali age cannot truly reach that sacred abode of the Lord who bears the crescent moon upon His head.

Word by Word

• kali-kalmaṣa-saṃbhūtyā: by the arising of Kali’s impurity
• kali-kalmaṣa-saṃbhūtyā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक) + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कलियुगस्य कल्मषात् संभूतिः)

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (of whom)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• upahatā: is afflicted
• upahatā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-han (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘struck/afflicted’

• matiḥ: mind / understanding
• matiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• teṣām: for them / of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavet: would be / could become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• gamyam: attainable / accessible
• gamyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gamya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √gam)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/potential passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sthānam: abode / place
• sthānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ardha-indu-maulinaḥ: of the one with the half-moon on his head (Śiva)
• ardha-indu-maulinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + indu (प्रातिपदिक) + maulin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (अर्धेन्दुः मौलौ यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara-dhāma)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kali-yuga-kalmaṣaḥ tamas-rūpeṇa manuṣya-buddhiṃ āvṛṇoti; dūre śiva-dhāmaṃ (ardhacandra-dhārī Śiva) prakāśate, kintu moha-grastaḥ janaḥ na paśyati; anye śuddha-bhaktāḥ prakāśaṃ prāpya gacchanti.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Śiva (Ardhendumaulin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner purity and right understanding are essential; spiritual access to a kṣetra is not only physical travel but moral-spiritual fitness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The abode of Śiva in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Someshvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse stresses purification from Kali-born faults as the prerequisite.