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

দ্বাপরযুগে তা ‘সিদ্ধিনাথ’ নামে পরিচিত; কলিযুগে ‘নারদেশ’ নামে স্মরণ করা হয়। সেই একই (লিঙ্গ)-এর জন্য ‘কলকলেশ’ নামও প্রসিদ্ধভাবে ঘোষিত।

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.