Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

पश्चात्कृतयुगं भावि भूयोऽपि द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

paścātkṛtayugaṃ bhāvi bhūyo'pi dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

ତତ୍ପରେ, ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠମାନେ, କୃତଯୁଗ ପୁନର୍ବାର ଆସିବ।

Word by Word

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक) = afterwards

• कृतयुगम्: the Kṛta age
• कृतयुगम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: कृतं युगम् = Kṛta-yuga

• भावि: will occur / is to be
• भावि: Visheshana (Adjectival to subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भविष्यदर्थक-विशेषण = future/that which will be

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थक) = again/further

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय/अपि-कार) = also/even

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयुक्तं (vocative sense though nominative form) = O best of twice-born; तत्पुरुष: द्विजानां सत्तमाः

Speaker

Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; deduced as a narrator addressing ‘dvijasattama’)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, pointing to a cosmic wheel of four yugas turning; Kṛta-yuga reappears as a luminous quadrant returning to the top.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛta-yuga
• dvija
• yuga-cycle

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after decline, dharma is restored in the cosmic cycle; the verse affirms hope and the inevitability of renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.