Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

छित्त्वा संसारदोषांश्च अगमन्ब्रह्म शाश्वतम् । एवं कलियुगे घोरे शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

chittvā saṃsāradoṣāṃśca agamanbrahma śāśvatam | evaṃ kaliyuge ghore śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

เมื่อขจัดโทษแห่งสังสารวัฏแล้ว เขาทั้งหลายก็ไปถึงพรหมันอันนิรันดร์ ดังนี้ในกาลียุคอันน่าหวาดหวั่น ย่อมเกิดขึ้นเป็นร้อย ๆ กระทั่งเป็นพัน ๆ

Word by Word

• chittvā: having cut off
• chittvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (छिद् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'छित्त्वा' = having cut off

• saṃsāra-doṣān: faults of worldly existence
• saṃsāra-doṣān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (संसार प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (दोष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य दोषाः)

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

• agaman: they went/attained
• agaman: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• brahma: Brahman (the Absolute)
• brahma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śāśvatam: eternal
• śāśvatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvata (शाश्वत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'ब्रह्म')

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (एवम्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• kali-yuge: in the Kali age
• kali-yuge: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (कलि प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (युग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कलेः युगम्)

• ghore: terrible
• ghore: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (घोर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'कलियुगे')

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (शतशस् अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (distributive adverb: by hundreds)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अथ)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भ (particle: then/now)

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (सहस्रशस् अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (distributive adverb: by thousands)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Āvantya/Revā narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping riverbank scene with many seekers—sages, devotees—each shown with a severed chain motif (symbolic of saṃsāra-doṣa cut), ascending light toward an abstract, formless Brahman glow above the river; the age’s darkness contrasted with the tīrtha’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Brahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in Kali-yuga, many can attain the eternal goal by removing saṃsāra’s defects through true practice and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Revā Khaṇḍa flow, the implied setting remains Narmadā-tīra as the liberating sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named; the emphasis is on severing saṃsāra-doṣas and attaining Brahman.