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
De nouveau, lorsque survint la fin de l’âge et qu’il ne restait qu’un peu du Kali Yuga, tout—l’immobile comme le mobile—se dessécha entièrement.
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.