Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

कलिकल्मषसंभूत्या येषां चोपहता मतिः । न तेषां तद्भवेद्गम्यं स्थानमर्धेन्दुमौलिनः

Transliteration

kalikalmaṣasaṃbhūtyā yeṣāṃ copahatā matiḥ | na teṣāṃ tadbhavedgamyaṃ sthānamardhendumaulinaḥ

Translation

കലിയുഗജന്യ പാപകല്മഷം മൂലം ആരുടെ ബുദ്ധി മങ്ങിപ്പോയോ, അവർ അർദ്ധചന്ദ്രമൗളിയായ പ്രഭുവിന്റെ ആ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്തെ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ എത്തിച്ചേരുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• kali-kalmaṣa-saṃbhūtyā: by the arising of Kali’s impurity
• kali-kalmaṣa-saṃbhūtyā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक) + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कलियुगस्य कल्मषात् संभूतिः)

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (of whom)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• upahatā: is afflicted
• upahatā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-han (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘struck/afflicted’

• matiḥ: mind / understanding
• matiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• teṣām: for them / of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavet: would be / could become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• gamyam: attainable / accessible
• gamyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gamya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √gam)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/potential passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sthānam: abode / place
• sthānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ardha-indu-maulinaḥ: of the one with the half-moon on his head (Śiva)
• ardha-indu-maulinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + indu (प्रातिपदिक) + maulin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (अर्धेन्दुः मौलौ यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara-dhāma)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kali-yuga-kalmaṣaḥ tamas-rūpeṇa manuṣya-buddhiṃ āvṛṇoti; dūre śiva-dhāmaṃ (ardhacandra-dhārī Śiva) prakāśate, kintu moha-grastaḥ janaḥ na paśyati; anye śuddha-bhaktāḥ prakāśaṃ prāpya gacchanti.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Śiva (Ardhendumaulin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner purity and right understanding are essential; spiritual access to a kṣetra is not only physical travel but moral-spiritual fitness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The abode of Śiva in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Someshvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse stresses purification from Kali-born faults as the prerequisite.