Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
आदौ कृतयुगे देवि त्रेतायां द्वापरेऽपि च । कलौ युगे तु संप्राप्ते जातं नामांतरं पुनः
ādau kṛtayuge devi tretāyāṃ dvāpare'pi ca | kalau yuge tu saṃprāpte jātaṃ nāmāṃtaraṃ punaḥ
Zu Beginn—im Kṛtayuga, ebenso im Tretā- und im Dvāpara-Zeitalter—waren dies die Namen. Doch als das Kali-Zeitalter eintrat, entstand wiederum eine andere Reihe von Namen.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A symbolic depiction of four yugas as four panels or four horizons, with the same Rudra presence shining through while name-banners change; the Kali panel shows simplified, accessible worship with different epithets.
FAQs
Dharma is continuous, yet its expressions—names, forms, and modes of access—adapt across the yugas.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya the yuga-wise naming is being explained.
No specific rite is given; it introduces a doctrinal shift in nomenclature for the Kali age.