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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

तृतीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूरिति विश्रुतः । अमृतेशेति ते नाम कीर्तितं कीर्तिवर्द्धनम्

tṛtīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā svayaṃbhūriti viśrutaḥ | amṛteśeti te nāma kīrtitaṃ kīrtivarddhanam

In der dritten Phase, als Brahmā als Svayaṃbhū (Selbstgeborener) bekannt war, da wurde Dein Name als «Amṛteśa» besungen—ein Name, der Ruhm und heilsames Ansehen mehrt.

tṛtīyaḥthe third
tṛtīyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (brahmā इत्यस्य)
abhūtwas/became
abhūt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
yadāwhen
yadā:
Temporal connector (काल-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक-सम्बन्धकः)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्
svayaṃbhūḥSvayaṃbhū (self-born)
svayaṃbhūḥ:
Predicate/Name (संज्ञा/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootsvayam (अव्यय) + bhū (धातु; कृदन्त-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः ‘स्वयम् भवति’ → ‘svayaṃbhū’ (self-born)
itithus (called)
iti:
Quotative marker (इति-प्रयोगः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (नाम-निर्देशे)
viśrutaḥrenowned/known
viśrutaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootviśruta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √śru)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; विशेषणम् (brahmā)
amṛteśaAmṛteśa
amṛteśa:
Predicate/Name (संज्ञा/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootamṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘अमृतस्य ईशः’
itithus (called)
iti:
Quotative marker (इति-प्रयोगः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (नाम-निर्देशे)
teyour
te:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम्; ‘तव/ते’
nāmaname
nāma:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्
kīrtitamwas proclaimed
kīrtitam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkīrt (धातु; कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) √kīrt ‘कीर्त्’; विशेषणम् (nāma)
kīrtivarddhanamfame-increasing
kīrtivarddhanam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkīrti (प्रातिपदिक) + vardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘कीर्तेः वर्धनम्’; विशेषणम् (nāma/कīrtitam)

Unspecified (contextual narrator; central naming of the deity Amṛteśa/Amṛteśvara of Prabhāsa)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Scene: Third phase: Svayaṃbhū-Brahmā; Śiva as Amṛteśa appears cool and luminous, with a nectar pot or moonlit aura; devotees at Prabhāsa offer bilva and water, suggesting healing and renewal.

B
Brahmā
S
Svayaṃbhū
A
Amṛteśa
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

The divine name ‘Amṛteśa’ signifies immortality-bestowing grace and the uplift of one’s spiritual reputation through devotion.

Prabhāsakṣetra—especially through the explicit naming of its Śiva as Amṛteśa/Amṛteśvara.

No explicit ritual; it implies merit through kīrtana and nāma-japa of ‘Amṛteśa’.