Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

शृण्वेतत्कारणं शंभो एते प्राप्तास्तवांतिकम् । युगत्रये व्यतिक्रांते कृतादिद्वापरांतके

Transliteration

śṛṇvetatkāraṇaṃ śaṃbho ete prāptāstavāṃtikam | yugatraye vyatikrāṃte kṛtādidvāparāṃtake

Translation

“اے شَمبھو، سنئے کہ ہم آپ کی حضوری میں کیوں آئے ہیں۔ جب کِرت سے لے کر دْواپر کے اختتام تک تینوں یُگ گزر چکے—”

Word by Word

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कारणम्: reason, cause
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एते: these (people)
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्राप्ताः: have come / arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-भाव (as predicate adjective)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्तिकम्: near presence
• अन्तिकम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); स्थानवाचक

• युग-त्रये: in the three yugas
• युग-त्रये: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास: त्रयाणि युगानि

• व्यतिक्रान्ते: when (it) had passed
• व्यतिक्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अति-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• कृत-आदि-द्वापर-अन्तके: at the end of Dvāpara (after Kṛta etc.)
• कृत-आदि-द्वापर-अन्तके: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासार्थ: कृतादि-युगानां द्वापरस्य अन्तकः (द्वापर-समाप्ति)

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages) [addressing Brahmā with an honorific epithet as given in the verse]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (and its Kali-yuga relevance, implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (addressed here as Śaṃbhu in the received verse-text)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn assembly where sages begin to disclose a cosmic-time reason for their visit; the sky subtly darkens as if marking yuga’s end; Brahmā listens; the mood turns from greeting to epochal narration.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (addressee)
• Kṛta-yuga
• Tretā-yuga
• Dvāpara-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual inquiry intensifies at transitions of cosmic time; seekers approach divine authority to understand dharma for the new age.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, setting up the Kali-yuga question that connects to Viṣṇu’s presence on earth (central to Dvārakā’s sanctity).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it introduces a yuga-based theological inquiry.