Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

लोलुपा मानवा लोके संप्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे । परदाररता लोकाः स्त्रियोऽतिचपलाः पुनः

Transliteration

lolupā mānavā loke saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge | paradāraratā lokāḥ striyo'ticapalāḥ punaḥ

Translation

കലിയുഗം വന്നപ്പോൾ ലോകത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യർ ലോഭികളാകുന്നു; പുരുഷന്മാർ പരസ്ത്രീകളിൽ ആസക്തരാകുന്നു, സ്ത്രീകൾ വീണ്ടും അത്യന്തം ചഞ്ചലരാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• lolupāḥ: greedy
• lolupāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lolupa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjective)

• mānavāḥ: people, humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has come/arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (प्राप्) (कृदन्त—क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (Locative singular; past passive participle ‘having arrived/occurred’)

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; adversative/emphatic)

• kalau: in Kali (age)
• kalau: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)

• yuge: in the age
• yuge: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular)

• paradāra-ratāḥ: fond of others’ wives
• paradāra-ratāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः ‘परस्य दारेषु रताः’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; ‘attached to others’ wives’)

• lokāḥ: people
• lokāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative plural)

• ati-capalāḥ: very fickle
• ati-capalāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + capala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘अतिशयेन चपलाः’ (Feminine, Nominative plural; very fickle)

• punaḥ: again; moreover
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Vyāsa (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kali-yuga tableau: townsfolk with grasping hands and restless eyes; a shadowy figure of Kali presiding; in the distance, a serene forest-kshetra (Dharmāraṇya) glowing as refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Kaliyuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kali-yuga is marked by intensified greed and instability; dharma requires conscious restraint and fidelity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it provides Kali-yuga context within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a diagnostic description of Kali-yuga behavior.