Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
आसीत्पुरा महावीर्यो दानवो बलदर्पितः । कालपृष्ठ इति ख्यातः सुतो ब्रह्मसुतस्य च
Transliteration
āsītpurā mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ | kālapṛṣṭha iti khyātaḥ suto brahmasutasya ca
Translation
遠い昔、力の驕りに酔いしれた大勇のダーナヴァがいた。彼はカーラプリシュタ（Kālapṛṣṭha）として名高く、ブラフマーの子の子であった。
Word by Word
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारस्य लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
पुराformerly, once
पुरा:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
महावीर्यःof great valor
महावीर्यः:
Karta-anvayi visheshana (कर्तृसम्बन्धि विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहावीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; महा + वीर्य)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective)
दानवःa demon (Dānava)
दानवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
बलदर्पितःproud due to strength
बलदर्पितः:
Karta-anvayi visheshana (कर्तृसम्बन्धि विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबलदर्पित (प्रातिपदिक; बल + दर्पित)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
कालपृष्ठःKālapṛṣṭha (name)
कालपृष्ठः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootकालपृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; काल + पृष्ठ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
इतिthus, called
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरणचिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
ख्यातःknown, famed
ख्यातः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
सुतःson
सुतः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ब्रह्मसुतस्यof Brahmā’s son
ब्रह्मसुतस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मसुत (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + सुत)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A formidable Dānava, Kālapṛṣṭha, introduced in a mythic past—muscular, armored or ash-smeared, eyes fierce with pride; genealogical aura of cosmic lineage.
Characters & Entities
K
KālapṛṣṭhaD
DānavaB
BrahmāB
Brahmā’s son (brahmasuta)FAQs
Pride in power (bala-darpa) is a classic Purāṇic fault that often sets the stage for divine correction and the revelation of sacred places.
The narrative is building the origin of Luṅkeśvara tīrtha (introduced in Adhyāya 67).
None; this verse introduces the key figure in the tīrtha’s origin story.