Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

लोलुपा मानवा लोके संप्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे । परदाररता लोकाः स्त्रियोऽतिचपलाः पुनः

Transliteration

lolupā mānavā loke saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge | paradāraratā lokāḥ striyo'ticapalāḥ punaḥ

Translation

جب کَلی یُگ آتا ہے تو دنیا کے لوگ لالچی ہو جاتے ہیں؛ مرد پرائی بیویوں کی طرف مائل ہوتے ہیں اور عورتیں پھر نہایت چنچل ہو جاتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• lolupāḥ: greedy
• lolupāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lolupa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjective)

• mānavāḥ: people, humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has come/arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (प्राप्) (कृदन्त—क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (Locative singular; past passive participle ‘having arrived/occurred’)

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; adversative/emphatic)

• kalau: in Kali (age)
• kalau: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)

• yuge: in the age
• yuge: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular)

• paradāra-ratāḥ: fond of others’ wives
• paradāra-ratāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः ‘परस्य दारेषु रताः’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; ‘attached to others’ wives’)

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

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative plural)

• ati-capalāḥ: very fickle
• ati-capalāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + capala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘अतिशयेन चपलाः’ (Feminine, Nominative plural; very fickle)

• punaḥ: again; moreover
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Vyāsa (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kali-yuga tableau: townsfolk with grasping hands and restless eyes; a shadowy figure of Kali presiding; in the distance, a serene forest-kshetra (Dharmāraṇya) glowing as refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Kaliyuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kali-yuga is marked by intensified greed and instability; dharma requires conscious restraint and fidelity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it provides Kali-yuga context within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a diagnostic description of Kali-yuga behavior.