Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

त्वं कलिर्द्वापरं देव त्रेता कृतयुगं तथा । प्रलम्बदमनश्च त्वं स्रष्टा त्वं च विनाशकृत्

Transliteration

tvaṃ kalirdvāparaṃ deva tretā kṛtayugaṃ tathā | pralambadamanaśca tvaṃ sraṣṭā tvaṃ ca vināśakṛt

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า พระองค์คือกาลียุคและทวาปรยุค; พระองค์คือเตรตายุคและกฤตยุคด้วย. พระองค์คือผู้ปราบปรลัมพะ; พระองค์คือผู้สร้าง และพระองค์คือผู้ก่อการล่มสลาย (ปรลัย) ด้วย.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• कलिः: Kali (age)
• कलिः: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• द्वापरम्: Dvāpara (age)
• द्वापरम्: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; apposition)

• देव: O god
• देव: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सम्बोधन (vocative)

• त्रेता: Tretā (age)
• त्रेता: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case; युगनाम)

• कृतयुगम्: Kṛta-yuga (Satya-yuga)
• कृतयुगम्: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत + युग (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय (कृतं युगम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; युगनाम)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• प्रलम्बदमनः: slayer/subduer of Pralamba
• प्रलम्बदमनः: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलम्ब + दमन (√दम् (धातु) + ल्युट्/घञ्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रलम्बस्य दमनः), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case; उपाधि/नाम)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• स्रष्टा: creator
• स्रष्टा: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रष्टृ (√सृज् (धातु) + तृच्-प्रत्यय; कर्तरि)
• Form: तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विनाशकृत्: destroyer; one who causes dissolution
• विनाशकृत्: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश + कृत् (√कृ (धातु) + क्विप्; कर्तरि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (विनाशं करोति), क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

Speaker

A devotee/praiser in the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative (speaker not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vraja (implied through Pralamba-damana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic wheel marked with four yugas encircles the Lord; in a lower vignette, Balarāma/Krishna subdues the demon Pralamba in pastoral Vraja; above, creation and dissolution appear as emanating and reabsorbing worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Dvāpara-yuga
• Tretā-yuga
• Kṛta-yuga
• Pralamba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time itself (the yugas) and cosmic cycles are expressions of the Lord, who creates, protects, and dissolves.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader Revā-khaṇḍa devotional frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is doctrinal praise centered on kāla (time) and divine sovereignty.