Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
भ्रमंति च कलौ लोका गगनासक्तदृष्टयः । जानाति चापि तनयः पिता चेन्निधनं व्रजेत्
Transliteration
bhramaṃti ca kalau lokā gaganāsaktadṛṣṭayaḥ | jānāti cāpi tanayaḥ pitā cennidhanaṃ vrajet
Translation
Dans Kali, les gens errent, le regard accroché au ciel (toujours distraits et instables). Même un fils l’anticipe en son esprit, si son père devait aller vers la mort.
Word by Word
भ्रमन्तिthey wander/err
भ्रमन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रम् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
कलौin the Kali age
कलौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
लोकाःpeople
लोकाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
गगनासक्तदृष्टयःwith eyes fixed on the sky
गगनासक्तदृष्टयः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगगन (प्रातिपदिक) + आसक्त (कृदन्त, √सञ्ज्/सज्) + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गगने आसक्ताः दृष्टयः)
जानातिknows
जानाति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावन/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)
तनयःthe son
तनयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतनय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
पिताthe father
पिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
चेत्if
चेत्:
Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (अव्यय)
Formशर्त-निपात (conditional particle: if)
निधनम्death/destruction
निधनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
व्रजेत्should go/meet (i.e., die)
व्रजेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: People wandering aimlessly, faces tilted to the sky as if seeking omens; a son watches an aging father with calculating eyes; a temple spire anchors the horizon.
Characters & Entities
K
Kali YugaFAQs
Kali corrupts attention and family duty; dharma calls for steadiness of mind and reverence toward parents.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None is specified.