Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ततस्त्रेतायुगे जातस्त्रिपादो धर्म एव च । चिरायुषो नरास्तस्मिन्रक्तवर्णो जनार्दनः

Transliteration

tatastretāyuge jātastripādo dharma eva ca | cirāyuṣo narāstasminraktavarṇo janārdanaḥ

Translation

Pagkaraan, sa Tretā-yuga, ang Dharma ay sumisilang na may tatlong paa (tatlong bahaging matatag). Sa panahong iyon, mahahaba ang buhay ng mga tao, at si Janārdana (Viṣṇu) ay may pulang anyo.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रत्यवस्थान/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• त्रेतायुगे: in the Tretā age
• त्रेतायुगे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Neuter, Locative singular; in the Tretā age)

• जातः: arisen/born
• जातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (PPP; Masculine, Nominative singular)

• त्रिपादः: three-footed (having three parts)
• त्रिपादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative singular; adjective)

• धर्मः: dharma
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चिरायुषः: long-lived
• चिरायुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिर + आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjective)

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• तस्मिन्: in that (age)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Pronoun; Locative singular)

• रक्तवर्णः: red-colored
• रक्तवर्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative singular; adjective)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष्य/नाम (Masculine, Nominative singular; proper name)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style; exact speaker not stated in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A transition into Tretā-yuga: dharma depicted as a bull with three legs firm; Viṣṇu/Janārdana shown with a red aura or garments; humans depicted vigorous and long-lived; sacrificial fires hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Tretā-yuga
• Dharma
• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is stronger in earlier ages; cultivating righteousness aligns life with cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is cosmological (yuga-description) within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa context; no single tīrtha is directly praised in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it characterizes the age and the form of Dharma and Viṣṇu.