Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

म्लेच्छैरुपहतं सर्वं संध्यास्नानविवर्जितम् । कल्किरित्यभिविख्यातो भविष्ये ब्राह्मणो ह्यहम्

Transliteration

mlecchairupahataṃ sarvaṃ saṃdhyāsnānavivarjitam | kalkirityabhivikhyāto bhaviṣye brāhmaṇo hyaham

Translation

Lorsque tout sera accablé par les mlecchas et que l’ablution sacrée du crépuscule sera délaissée, je naîtrai dans l’avenir en tant que brāhmane, renommé sous le nom de Kalki.

Word by Word

• म्लेच्छैः: by the mlecchas (foreigners/barbarians)
• म्लेच्छैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• उपहतम्: struck, afflicted, ruined
• उपहतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (सर्वम्)

• सर्वम्: everything, all (things)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• संध्या-स्नान-विवर्जितम्: devoid of twilight-prayer and bathing
• संध्या-स्नान-विवर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (सर्वम्); समासः—(संध्यास्नानयोः विवर्जितम्) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विवर्जित = वि-√वृज्/वर्ज् + क्त (PPP)

• कल्किः: Kalki
• कल्किः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्कि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• अभिविख्यातः: well-known, renowned
• अभिविख्यातः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-वि-ख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्)

• भविष्ये: I will become
• भविष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); आत्मनेपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st); एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (prophetic first-person voice within the Māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-maṇḍala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark age scene: foreign oppressors over towns, abandoned ghāṭas at twilight; above, a radiant prophetic vision of Kalki-to-be as a brāhmaṇa figure (pre-manifestation), with a future hint of the warrior-avatāra aura.

Characters & Entities

• Mleccha
• Sandhyā-snāna
• Kalki

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even at dharma’s lowest ebb, divine restoration is promised; neglect of daily rites signals decline, and renewal follows through ordained intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly; the prophecy appears within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya, reinforcing the value of sacred places amid Kali-yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sandhyā-snāna is highlighted (as being abandoned), implying its importance as a daily dhārmic practice.