Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

पुराणं दशसाहस्रं कौर्मकल्पानुगं शिवम्

Transliteration

purāṇaṃ daśasāhasraṃ kaurmakalpānugaṃ śivam

Translation

A Purāṇa of ten thousand (verses), auspicious and Śaiva in character, conforming to the Kaurma-kalpa (the cosmic cycle associated with Kūrma).

Word by Word

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa (a Purāṇic text)
• पुराणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• दशसाहस्रम्: ten-thousand (of ten thousand verses)
• दशसाहस्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या-विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; dvigu compound)

• कौर्मकल्पानुगम्: following the Kūrma-kalpa
• कौर्मकल्पानुगम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौर्म + कल्प + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कौर्मकल्पस्य अनुगम्) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• शिवम्: auspicious; sacred
• शिवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic diagram-like scene: the tortoise (Kūrma) supporting the worlds, with a sage holding a ten-thousand-verse manuscript; Śiva’s auspicious presence is suggested by a liṅga or triśūla motif in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Kaurma-kalpa
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas are presented as structured, kalpa-linked revelations—authoritative guides for dharma and sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this line functions as a catalog-style description of a Purāṇic unit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a textual/kalpa classification statement.