Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कलिस्तत्रैव राजेन्द्र न विशेद्व्याससंश्रयात् । अन्तरिक्षे तु संजातं रेवायाश्चेष्टितेन तु

Transliteration

kalistatraiva rājendra na viśedvyāsasaṃśrayāt | antarikṣe tu saṃjātaṃ revāyāśceṣṭitena tu

Translation

ข้าแต่ราชาเหนือราชา กาลีมิอาจย่างกรายเข้าสถานที่นั้นเลย เพราะอยู่ในความคุ้มครองแห่งวยาสะ แท้จริงสถานที่นั้นบังเกิดขึ้นกลางเวหา ด้วยการกระทำอันอัศจรรย์ของเรวา (นรมทา)

Word by Word

• कलिः: Kali (personified Kali-age)
• कलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• विशेत्: would enter/should enter
• विशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• व्याससंश्रयात्: because of refuge in Vyāsa (Vyāsa’s protection)
• व्याससंश्रयात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (as cause: 'because of')

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the sky/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तु: but/and
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• संजातम्: arisen/produced
• संजातम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa / Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रेवायाः: of Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• चेष्टितेन: by the act/effort
• चेष्टितेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्टित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/contrast)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/elder speaker addressing a king (Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vyāsa-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous aerial tīrtha appears suspended above the landscape, encircled by a protective aura of Vyāsa; below, Revā/Narmadā flows with dynamic, miraculous energy as the causal force of the tīrtha’s manifestation; the scene conveys a boundary that Kali cannot cross.

Characters & Entities

• Kali
• Vyāsa
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with great sages and sanctified places is depicted as a shield against Kali’s influence, affirming the protective power of tīrtha and saintly refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Vyāsa-protected Vyāsatīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is mentioned; the emphasis is on the tīrtha’s purity and Kali’s exclusion.