Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

म्लेच्छैरुपहतं सर्वं संध्यास्नानविवर्जितम् । कल्किरित्यभिविख्यातो भविष्ये ब्राह्मणो ह्यहम्

Transliteration

mlecchairupahataṃ sarvaṃ saṃdhyāsnānavivarjitam | kalkirityabhivikhyāto bhaviṣye brāhmaṇo hyaham

Translation

เมื่อสรรพสิ่งถูกพวกมเลจฉะกดขี่ และการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ยามสนธยา (สันธยา-สนาน) ถูกละทิ้ง เราจักอุบัติเป็นพราหมณ์ ผู้เลื่องชื่อว่า ‘กัลกิ’

Word by Word

• म्लेच्छैः: by the mlecchas (foreigners/barbarians)
• म्लेच्छैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• उपहतम्: struck, afflicted, ruined
• उपहतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (सर्वम्)

• सर्वम्: everything, all (things)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• संध्या-स्नान-विवर्जितम्: devoid of twilight-prayer and bathing
• संध्या-स्नान-विवर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (सर्वम्); समासः—(संध्यास्नानयोः विवर्जितम्) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विवर्जित = वि-√वृज्/वर्ज् + क्त (PPP)

• कल्किः: Kalki
• कल्किः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्कि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• अभिविख्यातः: well-known, renowned
• अभिविख्यातः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-वि-ख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्)

• भविष्ये: I will become
• भविष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); आत्मनेपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st); एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (prophetic first-person voice within the Māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-maṇḍala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark age scene: foreign oppressors over towns, abandoned ghāṭas at twilight; above, a radiant prophetic vision of Kalki-to-be as a brāhmaṇa figure (pre-manifestation), with a future hint of the warrior-avatāra aura.

Characters & Entities

• Mleccha
• Sandhyā-snāna
• Kalki

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even at dharma’s lowest ebb, divine restoration is promised; neglect of daily rites signals decline, and renewal follows through ordained intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly; the prophecy appears within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya, reinforcing the value of sacred places amid Kali-yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sandhyā-snāna is highlighted (as being abandoned), implying its importance as a daily dhārmic practice.