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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

भैरवेश्वरनामेति पूर्वं ख्यातमभूद्भुवि । अस्मिन्युगे तु संप्राप्ते शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्

Transliteration

bhairaveśvaranāmeti pūrvaṃ khyātamabhūdbhuvi | asminyuge tu saṃprāpte śākalyeśvaranāmakam

Translation

পূর্বকালে পৃথিবীতে এই স্থান ‘ভৈরবেশ্বর’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ ছিল। কিন্তু এই বর্তমান যুগে এটি ‘শাকল্যেশ্বর’ নামে পরিচিত।

Word by Word
भैरवेश्वरनामthe name ‘Bhairaveśvara’
भैरवेश्वरनाम:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभैरव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘भैरवेश्वरस्य नाम’
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation/इत्यर्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक निपात — quotation marker
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — ‘formerly’
ख्यातम्was known
ख्यातम्:
Kriya (Copular-Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या (धातु))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘was renowned/known’ (predicate)
अभूत्became/was
अभूत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलुङ्-लकार (Aorist/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभुव्/भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुवि/भू)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (युगे)
युगेage (yuga)
युगे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात — ‘but/indeed’
संप्राप्तेwhen (this yuga) has come
संप्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative Absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंप्राप्त (कृदन्त; सम्+√प्राप् (धातु))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) — ‘when (it) has arrived’ (युगे)
शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्named ‘Śākalyeśvara’
शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्:
Karta/Predicate-Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशाकल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘शाकल्येश्वर-नाम’ + क-प्रत्ययान्त ‘नामक’ = ‘named …’; विशेषण (ख्यातम्/नाम)
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara (formerly Bhairaveśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage points to an ancient liṅga shrine; an inscription-like aura shows the earlier name ‘Bhairaveśvara’ fading into the present ‘Śākalyeśvara’, with Prabhāsa’s coastal light in the background.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhairaveśvara
Ś
Śākalyeśvara
Y
Yuga

FAQs

Sacred presence remains constant even when names change across time; yuga-based naming preserves living tradition and local remembrance.

The Liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra known as Bhairaveśvara formerly and Śākalyeśvara in the current age.

None directly; the verse provides a sacred-historical identification for pilgrims and reciters.

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