Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अजापालेति ते नाम ख्यातं लोके भविष्यति । तव नाम्ना मम नाम अजापालेश्वरीति च । भविष्यति धरापृष्ठे तच्च यावच्चतुर्युगम्

Transliteration

ajāpāleti te nāma khyātaṃ loke bhaviṣyati | tava nāmnā mama nāma ajāpāleśvarīti ca | bhaviṣyati dharāpṛṣṭhe tacca yāvaccaturyugam

Translation

Dein Name wird in der Welt als Ajāpāla, der Hüter der Ziegen, berühmt werden. Und durch deinen Namen wird auch mein Name Ajāpāleśvarī heißen. Auf Erden wird dieser Ruhm währen, solange die vier Yugas bestehen.

Word by Word

• ajā-pāla: goat-herd, protector of goats
• ajā-pāla: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अजायाः पालः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Nipāta (Quotative/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-निर्देशक/उद्धरण — Quotative indeclinable

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• khyātam: renowned, well-known
• khyātam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेष्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (ख्या) (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• nāmnā: by (your) name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ajā-pāla-īśvarī: Ajāpāleśvarī (Lady of Ajāpāla)
• ajā-pāla-īśvarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अजापालस्य ईश्वरी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Tatpurusha, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• iti: thus
• iti: Nipāta (Quotative/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-निर्देशक/उद्धरण — Quotative indeclinable

• ca: and
• ca: Nipāta (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• dharā-pṛṣṭhe: on the surface of the earth
• dharā-pṛṣṭhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + pṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धरायाः पृष्ठम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha, Neuter, Locative, Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Nipāta (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/संबन्धबोधक)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधिपर्यन्त (यावत्...तावत्) — Indeclinable of extent/duration

• catur-yugam: four yugas (a cycle of four ages)
• catur-yugam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (चत्वारि युगानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Dvigu compound, Neuter, Accusative, Singular (as duration)

Speaker

Mahādevī / Devī (Bhairavī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajāpāleśvarī (Devī) / Ajāpāla (king’s epithet) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī proclaims the king’s new title Ajāpāla and her own epithet Ajāpāleśvarī; a celestial scroll or radiant letters appear, signifying fame enduring through four yugas.

Characters & Entities

• Ajāpāla
• Ajāpāleśvarī
• Mahādevī (Bhairavī)
• Caturyuga
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links personal devotion to enduring sacred memory—names and places become vessels of grace for future ages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Goddess establishes the lasting appellations Ajāpāla and Ajāpāleśvarī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse establishes sacred nomenclature and long-term renown (khyāti) tied to the kṣetra.