Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । त्रेतातो द्वापरांतं च यावत्कलिसमागमः । तावत्संरक्षणे चैको हनूमान्पवनात्मजः

Transliteration

brahmovāca | tretāto dvāparāṃtaṃ ca yāvatkalisamāgamaḥ | tāvatsaṃrakṣaṇe caiko hanūmānpavanātmajaḥ

Translation

ブラフマーは言った。「トレーターの時代よりドヴァーパラの終わりに至り、カリの到来に及ぶまで—その間、護りの守護者はただ一人、風の子ハヌマーンであった。」

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• त्रेतातः: from the Tretā (age)
• त्रेतातः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• द्वापरान्तम्: the end of Dvāpara
• द्वापरान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्वापरस्य अन्तः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• कलि-समागमः: the advent of Kali
• कलि-समागमः: Karta/Visheya (Subject of clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि + समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कलेः समागमः)

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तावदर्थक अव्यय (so long/that long)

• संरक्षणे: in protection/guarding
• संरक्षणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संरक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकः: alone/one
• एकः: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• हनूमान्: Hanumān
• हनूमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पवनात्मजः: son of the Wind-god
• पवनात्मजः: Karta (Apposition to Hanumān)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पवनस्य आत्मजः)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks of Hanumān, the solitary guardian spanning Tretā to Dvāpara, standing watch over a sacred forest-kshetra as yugas turn like cosmic seasons.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Hanumān
• Pavana (Vāyu)
• Tretā-yuga
• Dvāpara-yuga
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guardianship sustains sacred order across ages, embodied here by Hanumān’s unwavering service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha is not named; the emphasis is on the protection of a sacred “place” across yugas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides cosmological-historical information about guardianship.