Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

द्वापरे सिद्धिनाथं तु नारदेशं कलौ स्मृतम् । तथा कलकलेशं च नाम तस्यैव कीर्त्तितम्

Transliteration

dvāpare siddhināthaṃ tu nāradeśaṃ kalau smṛtam | tathā kalakaleśaṃ ca nāma tasyaiva kīrttitam

Translation

في عصر دفابارا يُدعى «سِدّهي ناثا»، وفي عصر كالي يُذكَر باسم «ناراديشا». وكذلك يُعلَن له أيضًا اسم «كالاكلِيشا» لذلك اللِّينغا بعينه.

Word by Word

• dvāpare: in the Dvāpara (age)
• dvāpare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of time)

• siddhinātham: Siddhinātha
• siddhinātham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सिद्धेः नाथः)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• nāradeśam: Nāradeśa
• nāradeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāradeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kalau: in the Kali (age)
• kalau: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी

• smṛtam: is remembered/known (as)
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थक ("is remembered/called")

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kalakaleśam: Kalakaleśa
• kalakaleśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalakala (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कलकलस्य ईशः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Kriya (Predicate nominal/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वाक्ये नाम-शब्दः 'as the name' इत्यर्थे (naming)

• tasya: of him/of it
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• kīrttitam: is proclaimed/declared
• kīrttitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि ("is proclaimed")

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalakaleśvara (Dvāpara: Siddhinātha; Kali: Nāradeśa; also Kalakaleśa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga shrine with two banners: ‘Siddhinātha’ (Dvāpara) and ‘Nāradeśa/Kalakaleśa’ (Kali); Nārada appears with vīṇā, indicating Kali-yuga devotion through song.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhinātha
• Nāradeśa
• Kalakaleśa
• Dvāpara-yuga
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names and narratives evolve with yuga, but the sacred locus remains a continuous channel of Śiva’s presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Prabhāsa-kṣetra Liṅga discussed in Adhyāya 75, known by multiple yuga-wise names including Kalakaleśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a tīrtha-identification verse aiding correct remembrance and pilgrimage recitation.