Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

शृण्वेतत्कारणं शंभो एते प्राप्तास्तवांतिकम् । युगत्रये व्यतिक्रांते कृतादिद्वापरांतके

Transliteration

śṛṇvetatkāraṇaṃ śaṃbho ete prāptāstavāṃtikam | yugatraye vyatikrāṃte kṛtādidvāparāṃtake

Translation

请聆听此因由，噢 Śaṃbhu（善怖）啊：我们为何来到你面前。当三大劫（yuga）已然流逝——自克利多（Kṛta）起，至兜婆罗（Dvāpara）终——

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.