Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कलौ कृतयुगं तेषां क्लेशस्तेषां सुखाधिकः । आदिनारायणो देवो येषां हृदयसंस्थितः

Transliteration

kalau kṛtayugaṃ teṣāṃ kleśasteṣāṃ sukhādhikaḥ | ādinārāyaṇo devo yeṣāṃ hṛdayasaṃsthitaḥ

Translation

جن کے دل میں آدی نارائن دیو بستا ہے، اُن کے لیے کلی یُگ بھی کِرت یُگ بن جاتا ہے؛ اُن کے دکھ گھٹتے ہیں اور سکھ بڑھ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतयुगम्: Kṛta-yuga (Satya-yuga)
• कृतयुगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत-युग (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + युग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• क्लेशः: affliction
• क्लेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुखाधिकः: greater in happiness (i.e., happiness exceeds)
• सुखाधिकः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख-अधिक (प्रातिपदिक; सुख + अधिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) — ‘क्लेशः’ इत्यस्य

• आदिनारायणः: Ādi-Nārāyaṇa
• आदिनारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि-नारायण (प्रातिपदिक; आदि + नारायण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); apposition to ‘आदिनारायणः’

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हृदयसंस्थितः: situated in the heart
• हृदयसंस्थितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृदय-संस्थित (प्रातिपदिक; हृदय + संस्थित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from धातु √स्था (तिष्ठति) with उपसर्ग सम्; विशेषण — ‘आदिनारायणः/देवः’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits in meditation; within the lotus of the heart, Ādinārāyaṇa appears enthroned, radiating light that turns a dark, turbulent Kali landscape into a bright, harmonious Kṛta-like scene.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Kṛta-yuga
• Ādinārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the Lord is inwardly established, spiritual life transcends the limitations of the age; devotion converts adversity into auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Prabhāsakṣetra through the Ādinārāyaṇa Māhātmya, though the verse stresses inner presence more than geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is specified; the teaching highlights internal devotion—keeping Ādinārāyaṇa established in the heart.