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
കലിയുഗത്തിൽ ജനങ്ങൾ ആകാശത്തിൽ പതിഞ്ഞ ദൃഷ്ടിയോടെ (അസ്ഥിരമായി) അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയുന്നു. പിതാവ് മരണത്തിലേക്ക് പോയാൽ, പുത്രനും മനസ്സിൽ മുൻകൂട്ടി അതിനെ കണക്കാക്കുന്നു.
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.