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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

को वा भवाब्धौ पततस्तारयिष्यति संगतान् । न कलौ संभवस्तस्य त्रियुगो मधुसूदनः । तं विना पुंडरीकाक्षं कथं स्याम कलौ युगे

Transliteration

ko vā bhavābdhau patatastārayiṣyati saṃgatān | na kalau saṃbhavastasya triyugo madhusūdanaḥ | taṃ vinā puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ kathaṃ syāma kalau yuge

Translation

那么，谁能渡我们——同坠于轮回生有之海者——到彼岸？在迦梨时代，那位于三世显现的摩度苏陀那并无明显降临。离开那莲华眼的主，我们在迦梨之世又如何得以支撑？

Word by Word
कःwho
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
वाindeed/or
वा:
Discourse marker (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle: 'or/indeed')
भवाब्धौin the ocean of worldly existence
भवाब्धौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभव + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
पततःof (those) falling
पततः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootपत् (धातु) → पतत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of those falling)
तारयिष्यतिwill ferry across/save
तारयिष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense implied by stem (तारय-)
संगतान्those assembled/come together
संगतान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसम् + गम् (धातु) → संगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle used substantively), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्म (object of तारयिष्यति)
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)
कलौin Kali (age)
कलौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
संभवःappearance/coming into being
संभवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसम् + भू (धातु) → सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्यof him/of that (Lord)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
त्रियुगः(he who is) of three yugas
त्रियुगः:
Modifier (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मधुसूदनः)
मधुसूदनःMadhusūdana (slayer of Madhu)
मधुसूदनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विनाwithout
विना:
Modifier (उपपदसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उपपद-सम्बन्धी (preposition-like), 'without' (takes द्वितीया)
पुण्डरीकाक्षम्the lotus-eyed one (Viṣṇu)
पुण्डरीकाक्षम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्डरीक + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (one whose eyes are like lotuses)
कथम्how
कथम्:
Modifier (प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रश्नार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण
स्यामmay we be / can we be
स्याम:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
कलौin Kali
कलौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
युगेin the age
युगे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

One of the assembled sages (lament in council; specific speaker not named)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages gaze toward a vast ocean symbolizing saṃsāra; waves dark and high, their faces anxious; above, a faint, distant lotus-eyed Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa form appears like a memory, emphasizing avatāra-viraha in Kali.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhavābdhi
M
Madhusūdana
P
Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu)
K
Kali-yuga

FAQs

It expresses human helplessness in saṃsāra and the need for divine grace, especially when dharma is weak in Kali-yuga.

The verse is theological; within Dvārakā-māhātmya it prepares the ground for seeking Viṣṇu’s saving presence tied to Dvārakā’s sanctity.

None directly; the focus is on deliverance and divine availability in Kali-yuga.

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