Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्कलियुगे घोरे रौद्रे रुद्रेऽतिनिर्घृणे । एवं तृतीयं तन्मह्यं स्थानमत्र भविष्यति

Transliteration

tasminkaliyuge ghore raudre rudre'tinirghṛṇe | evaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tanmahyaṃ sthānamatra bhaviṣyati

Translation

ในกาลียุคอันน่าสะพรึง—ดุร้าย รุนแรง และไร้เมตตายิ่ง—ดังนี้ ณ ที่นี้จักบังเกิดสถิตสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์ลำดับที่สามของเรา อันเลื่องลือด้วยมหิมา

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• कलियुगे: in the Kali age
• कलियुगे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; (कलियुग)

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with कलियुगे

• रौद्रे: fierce
• रौद्रे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with कलियुगे

• रुद्रे: Rudra-like
• रुद्रे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with कलियुगे

• अतिनिर्घृणे: most merciless
• अतिनिर्घृणे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + निर्घृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with कलियुगे; 'exceedingly pitiless'

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• तृतीयम्: third
• तृतीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with स्थानम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative, agrees with स्थानम्

• मह्यम्: for me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun, Dative singular

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Devī (Goddess)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Third abode at Gayatrāḍa (name not separately given)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A darkened Kali-yuga landscape—conflict, harshness, withered dharma symbols—contrasted by the sudden emergence of a radiant sacred abode (third seat) at the site: a luminous shrine/linga/devī-sthāna (as appropriate) with protective aura and pilgrims approaching.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in Kali-yuga’s harshness, the Divine establishes accessible sanctuaries where devotion and pilgrimage can still bear great merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of a forthcoming sacred abode ‘here’ (atra) without naming it in this snippet; the precise tīrtha is clarified in the surrounding adhyāya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it announces the emergence of a sacred abode associated with Devī’s greatness.