Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

यथायथा युगानां च ह्रास एष भविष्यति । तथातथा जना दुष्टा भविष्यंत्यन्यभक्तिकाः

Transliteration

yathāyathā yugānāṃ ca hrāsa eṣa bhaviṣyati | tathātathā janā duṣṭā bhaviṣyaṃtyanyabhaktikāḥ

Translation

À medida que os yugas declinam, assim também as pessoas se tornarão cada vez mais corruptas, devotadas a caminhos estranhos e impuros e a lealdades desviadas.

Word by Word

• यथा-यथा: as and as / in whatever way
• यथा-यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-क्रियाविशेषण (correlative adverb: 'as...so...')

• युगानाम्: of the ages
• युगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ह्रासः: decline/diminution
• ह्रासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एषः: this
• एषः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (hrāsaḥ)

• भविष्यति: will be/happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा-तथा: so and so / accordingly
• तथा-तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-क्रियाविशेषण (correlative adverb: 'so and so')

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दुष्टाः: wicked
• दुष्टाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (janāḥ)

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अन्यभक्तिकाः: devoted to others
• अन्यभक्तिकाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य + भक्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (janāḥ); तत्पुरुषः (अन्ये भक्तिः येषां / अन्येभ्यः भक्तिः)

Speaker

Brahmā

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Yugas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma wanes, devotion and conduct drift; maintaining right worship and ethics becomes a conscious discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it provides a yuga-based moral backdrop to the tīrtha discussion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it explains why prescribed rites (like śrāddha) become neglected.