Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ऐंद्रमेतद्भवेदायुः समासांतं च कीर्तितम् । चतुर्दशेन्द्रैः प्रलीनैः कल्पं ब्रह्मदिनं भवेत्

Transliteration

aiṃdrametadbhavedāyuḥ samāsāṃtaṃ ca kīrtitam | caturdaśendraiḥ pralīnaiḥ kalpaṃ brahmadinaṃ bhavet

Translation

وهذا يُقال إنه عُمرُ «إندرا» (Indra) وقد وُصِف حتى تمامه بالسنين؛ فإذا فَنِيَ أربعةَ عشرَ إندرا صار ذلك الزمان «كَلْبَة» (Kalpa)، أي «يومَ براهما».

Word by Word

• aindram: Indra-related
• aindram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) → aindra (तद्धित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तद्धित (इन्द्रसम्बन्धि)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavet: would be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• āyuḥ: lifespan
• āyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• samāsāntam: ending with (a period of) samāsas
• samāsāntam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (समासस्य अन्तः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• kīrtitam: is proclaimed
• kīrtitam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• caturdaśa-indraiḥ: by fourteen Indras
• caturdaśa-indraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśa (संख्या) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (संख्याविशिष्टः: चतुर्दश इन्द्राः)

• pralīnaiḥ: having dissolved / having passed away
• pralīnaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√lī (धातु) + na (कृत्/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-भाव), विशेषण (इन्द्रैः)

• kalpam: a kalpa
• kalpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• brahma-dinam: Brahmā's day
• brahma-dinam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः दिनम्)

• bhavet: would be / becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from address to Devī/Parvatī in this adhyāya sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fourteen Indras appear as a procession of crowned figures fading into time, while above them a vast lotus-seated Brahmā marks a ‘day’; beneath, the eternal kṣetra with Somnātha stands unchanged by the succession.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Kalpa
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest offices (like Indra) are temporary; dharma and devotion are the enduring refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the narrative setting; its Māhātmya situates cosmic teaching within a sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains cosmological durations and titles.