Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

प्राप्तं कलियुगं रौद्रं सांप्रतं पृथिवीतले । लोकः पापसमाचारः स्पर्शयिष्यति मां प्रभो

Transliteration

prāptaṃ kaliyugaṃ raudraṃ sāṃprataṃ pṛthivītale | lokaḥ pāpasamācāraḥ sparśayiṣyati māṃ prabho

Translation

“പ്രഭോ, ഇപ്പോൾ ഭൂമിയിൽ രൗദ്രമായ കലിയുഗം എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു; പാപാചാരത്തിൽ ലിപ്തരായ ജനങ്ങൾ എന്നെ സ്പർശിക്കും।”

Word by Word

• prāptam: having arrived, come
• prāptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त; √āp/आप् + प्र- उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; agrees with "kaliyugam"

• kaliyugam: the Kali age
• kaliyugam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaliyuga (प्रातिपदिक; kali + yuga)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kaleḥ yugaḥ)

• raudram: fierce, terrible
• raudram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with "kaliyugam"

• sāṃpratam: now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• pṛthivītale: on the surface of the earth
• pṛthivītale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī-tala (प्रातिपदिक; pṛthivī + tala)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (pṛthivyāḥ tale)

• lokaḥ: the people/world
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pāpasamācāraḥ: of sinful conduct
• pāpasamācāraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-samācāra (प्रातिपदिक; pāpa + samācāra)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (pāpaḥ samācāraḥ yasya / pāpa-samācāraḥ) used adjectivally qualifying "lokaḥ"

• sparśayiṣyati: will touch/affect
• sparśayiṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √spṛś (स्पृश्) + णिच् (causative) → sparśayati; भविष्यत् (लृट्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prabho: O lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Sarasvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as refuge in Kali)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī foresees Kali-yuga on earth: crowds of morally fallen people reaching to touch her; she speaks with sorrow and concern, contrasting her luminous purity with the darkened atmosphere of the age.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kali-yuga is portrayed as an age of moral decline; spiritual purity must be guarded amid widespread sinful habits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where the sanctity of the region stands in contrast to Kali-yuga’s impurities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse motivates purity-protecting conduct appropriate to a sacred context.