Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कलेर्युगं महाघोरं प्राप्य पापसमन्वितम् । नान्येनाऽस्मिन्नुपायेन धर्म्मः स्वर्गश्च लभ्यते । विना यात्रां महादेवि सोमेशस्य न संशयः

Transliteration

kaleryugaṃ mahāghoraṃ prāpya pāpasamanvitam | nānyenā'sminnupāyena dharmmaḥ svargaśca labhyate | vinā yātrāṃ mahādevi someśasya na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Sa lubhang nakapanghihilakbot na yugto ng Kali na punô ng kasalanan, sa daigdig na ito’y walang ibang paraan upang makamit ang dharma at ang langit. Kung walang paglalakbay-dambana kay Someśvara, O Dakilang Diyosa, walang pag-aalinlangan dito.

Word by Word

• कलेः: of Kali (age/personified Kali)
• कलेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• युगम्: the age (yuga)
• युगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• महाघोरम्: very terrible
• महाघोरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाघोर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + घोर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying युगम्)

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having attained/reached’

• पापसमन्वितम्: endowed with sin
• पापसमन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + समन्वित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying युगम्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्येन: by another
• अन्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying उपायेन)

• अस्मिन्: in this (context/age)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• उपायेन: by means
• उपायेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• लभ्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Prepositional relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय; वियोग/अभाव (preposition ‘without’), द्वितीयासम्बन्धी

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object governed by ‘विना’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सोमेशस्य: of Someśa (Lord Soma/Śiva)
• सोमेशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (addressing Mahādevī/Devī; deduced from vocative and Purāṇic dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somanātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A darkened landscape symbolizing Kali-yuga—figures burdened by chains labeled ‘pāpa’—contrasts with a radiant coastal temple of Someśvara; a path of light leads pilgrims to the liṅga, while Devī listens to the proclamation.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Dharma
• Svarga
• Mahādevī
• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali-yuga, pilgrimage is upheld as a decisive, grace-filled path to dharma and heavenly merit when other disciplines are difficult to sustain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa (Prabhāsakṣetra), a major Śaiva locus in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is yātrā (pilgrimage) specifically connected with Someśvara; it is presented as essential in Kali-yuga.