Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

कल्पेश्वरेति देवस्य चंद्रनाथेत्यनन्तरम् । नाम देवस्य यद्भावि सांप्रतं ते प्रकाशितम्

Transliteration

kalpeśvareti devasya caṃdranāthetyanantaram | nāma devasya yadbhāvi sāṃprataṃ te prakāśitam

Translation

ثم سيُدعى الإله «كَلْپيشْوَرَ»، وبعد ذلك «چَنْدرَناثَ». وقد كُشِفَتْ لك الآن أسماءُ المعبود التي ستأتي في الأزمنة الآتية.

Word by Word

• kalpeśvara: (name) Kalpeśvara, lord of the aeon
• kalpeśvara: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया? एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पस्य ईश्वरः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• caṃdranātha: (name) Candranātha, lord of the moon
• caṃdranātha: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया? एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रस्य नाथः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• anantaram: next, thereafter
• anantaram: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणम् (next/immediately after)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘name’

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (which/that)

• bhāvi: future, forthcoming
• bhāvi: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (future/that will be)

• sāṃpratam: now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (now/at present)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी? एकवचन; एतस्मिन् वाक्ये चतुर्थी (to you) अधिकयुक्ता

• prakāśitam: revealed, made known
• prakāśitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√kāś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘revealed/made known’

Speaker

Unnamed narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (contextually concluding the list of Śiva’s names at Prabhāsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dialogue recipient (sage/pilgrim audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene night at Prabhāsa: moonlight over the sea, a liṅga in the shrine crowned by a crescent motif; behind, a vast cosmic calendar/kalpa wheel faintly visible, indicating Kalpeśvara; the narrator concludes the revelation to the listener.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpeśvara
• Candranātha
• Śiva
• Candra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine revelation in a tīrtha context frames Śiva as Lord of cosmic cycles (kalpas) and as intimately linked with the Moon (Candranātha).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a place where the Lord’s identities and praises are authoritatively disclosed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the verse functions as a doctrinal disclosure supporting worship via names (nāma-upāsanā).