Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अन्यो विष्णुश्च भवति अन्यो ब्रह्मा भवत्यपि । कल्पे कल्पे मया सृष्टः कल्पे विष्णुः प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

anyo viṣṇuśca bhavati anyo brahmā bhavatyapi | kalpe kalpe mayā sṛṣṭaḥ kalpe viṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ

Translation

„In jedem Kalpa gibt es einen anderen Viṣṇu, und in jedem Kalpa auch einen anderen Brahmā. In jedem Kalpa bringe Ich sie hervor — Viṣṇu und Prajāpati, den Herrn der Geschöpfe.“

Word by Word

• anyaḥ: another, different (one)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• anyaḥ: another, different (one)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• kalpe: in (a) kalpa/aeon
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kalpe: in each kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); आवृत्ति (repetition)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sṛṣṭaḥ: created
• sṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• kalpe: in (a) kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• prajāpatiḥ: lord of creatures, Prajāpati
• prajāpatiḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of creatures' + 'lord'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva explains that in each kalpa a different Viṣṇu and Brahmā arise, created by him; a cosmic wheel of time turns behind the divine pair in dialogue.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic roles are cyclical and contingent; the text presents Śiva as the steady ground from which these functions arise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for Śiva’s doctrinal revelation connected with Kālāgniliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed in this verse.