Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

एवं जाते ततो लोके ब्राह्मणो हरिपिंगलः । कल्किगोत्रसमुत्पन्नस्तान्सर्वा न्सूदयेत्ततः

Transliteration

evaṃ jāte tato loke brāhmaṇo haripiṃgalaḥ | kalkigotrasamutpannastānsarvā nsūdayettataḥ

Translation

جب دنیا میں یوں ہی حالات واقع ہو جاتے ہیں، تب کلکی کے گوتر میں پیدا ہونے والا ہری پِنگل نامی ایک برہمن اٹھتا ہے اور پھر اُن سب کو قتل کر دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• जाते: when (it) had happened/occurred
• जाते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (√जन् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter); सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/कालवाचक (ablatival/temporal adverb)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• हरिपिङ्गलः: Haripiṅgala (name)
• हरिपिङ्गलः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिपिङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (हरि + पिङ्गल) नाम

• कल्किगोत्रसमुत्पन्नः: born in the Kalki lineage
• कल्किगोत्रसमुत्पन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of brāhmaṇaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्कि-गोत्र-समुत्पन्न (कल्कि + गोत्र + समुत्पन्न; √पद्/√पत्? here सम्+उत्+√पद्/√पत् in sense 'arisen', क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कल्किगोत्रे समुत्पन्नः)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karman-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सूदयेत्: would kill/slay
• सूदयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सूद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrative voice (Sūta as continuing expositor within the Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark end-of-age scene: darkened skies, crumbling social order; Haripiṅgala, a brāhmaṇa-warrior figure with ascetic marks, stands resolute, wielding a weapon as a force of dharma; faint emblem of Kalki lineage (horse motif) appears as an omen.

Characters & Entities

• Haripiṅgala
• Kalki

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma ripens, corrective forces arise to restore order—portrayed here through a lineage connected with Kalki.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya section, though it narrates a world-event rather than a site-specific rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about a future/culminating event.