Deity

कल्की

कल्किKalki

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94
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17
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What the texts say

In the Vishnu Purana, Vishnu assumes the form of Kalki at the end of the Kali Yuga, and the Lord sets the wicked back upon the path of righteousness. Vishnu Purana 3.2.59 The Skanda Purana says the Lord Kalki will arise in the tenth birth, or incarnation. Skanda Purana 5.3.151.27 The Bhagavata Purana tells that he will appear in the home of Vishnuyashas, the most eminent brahmin of Shambhala village. Bhagavatam 12.2.18 In the same Purana, Kalki will mount his swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, travel over the earth, killing by the millions the thieves who have dared dress as kings. Bhagavatam 12.2.19 Once he has appeared as the maintainer of religion, the Bhagavata Purana says, Satya-yuga will begin, and human society will bring forth children in the mode of goodness. Bhagavatam 12.2.23

Where to read

Every verse that names कल्की, book by book.

  1. Skanda Purana

    18 verses · 11 chapters

    • 2.9.18.45

      कलेरन्ते यदा भूमिः म्लेच्छमयी भवति महैनसः च प्राधान्यं प्राप्नोति, तदा कल्की भूत्वा दिव्यवाजिना विचरन् तान् हनिष्यामि।

    • 2.9.27.27

      कल्किनं पर्शुरामं च वह्निकोणेऽथ विन्यसेत्। खङ्गपाणिस्तत्र कल्की पर्शुपाणिस्तथाऽपरः ॥

    • 3.1.3.82

      नारसिंहं वामनाख्यं जामदग्न्यं च राघवम्। बलभद्रं च कृष्णं च कल्किं विष्णुं नमाम्यहम्॥

  2. Padma Purana

    10 verses · 9 chapters

    • 1.75.92

      म्लेच्छान्तकाय कल्किनाम्ने पुनर्नमः, क्रोडवपुर्धराय च पुनर्नमः। जगद्धितार्थं युगे युगे भवान् रूपं बिभर्ति, असुराणां विनाशाय॥

    • 2.38.29

      पापेषु संगतेष्वेवं म्लेच्छनाशाय वै पुनः; कल्किरेव स्वयं देवो भविष्यति न संशयः।

    • 6.30.13

      नमो वाराहदेवाय नरसिंहाय वै नमः । नमोऽस्तु बुद्धदेवाय कल्किने च नमोनमः

  3. Mahabharata

    10 verses · 2 chapters

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 7 verses

    • 3.188.89

      कल्किर्विष्णुयशा नाम द्विजः कालप्रचोदितः; उत्पत्स्यते महावीर्यो महाबुद्धिपराक्रमः।

    • 3.189.5

      विप्रेन्द्रैः संस्तूयमानो द्विजोत्तमान् मानयन्, कल्किः सदा दस्युवधे रतः महीं चरिष्यति।

    • 3.188.90

      स संभूतः संभलग्रामे ब्राह्मणावसथे शुभे । मनसा तस्य सर्वाणि वाहनान्यायुधानि च । उपस्थास्यन्ति योधाश्च शस्त्राणि कवचानि च ॥

  4. Varaha Purana

    9 verses · 7 chapters

    • 4.2

      श्रीवराह उवाच—मत्स्यः कूर्मो वराहश्च, नरसिंहोऽथ वामनः; रामो रामश्च कृष्णश्च, बुद्धः कल्की च—ते दश।

    • 15.17

      चाणूरकंसासुरदर्पभीतेर्भीतामराणामभयाय देवः। युगे युगे वासुदेवो बभूव, कल्पे भवत्यद्भुतरूपकारी। युगे युगे कल्किनाम्ना महात्मा, वर्णस्थितिं कर्त्तुमनेकमूर्त्तिः॥

    • 48.2

      कल्किने पादयोः नमोऽस्तु, हृषीकेशाय वै कट्यै नमः; ‘म्लेच्छविध्वंसनाय’ इति, जगन्मूर्तेः तथोदराय नमः।

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where कल्की matters most.

  1. Adhyāya 188: Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of Yuga-Decline and the Restoration Motif (Kali-yuga to Kalki)

    Mahabharata 3.188 · 5 verses

    Eschatological restorer

  2. Kali-yuga’s Degradation, the Advent of Kalki, and the Reset of the Yuga Cycle

    Bhagavatam 12.2 · 4 verses

    Eschatological avatāra who terminates Kali’s political-moral…

  3. Yadu Lineage, Vishnu’s Human Descents, Deva-Asura Wars, and Shukra’s Austerity (Dhūma-vrata)

    Matsya Purana 47 · 3 verses

    Eschatological restorer at Kali’s end

  4. Avatāra-kathā: The Puruṣa, the Many Incarnations, and Kṛṣṇa as Svayam Bhagavān

    Bhagavatam 1.3 · 1 verse

    Future avatāra who ends Kali’s degradation and reestablishes…

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