Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

त्रेतायां वामनः स्वामी स्तुतिस्वामी तृतीयके । कलौ युगे महादेवि तलस्वामी प्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

tretāyāṃ vāmanaḥ svāmī stutisvāmī tṛtīyake | kalau yuge mahādevi talasvāmī prakīrtitaḥ

Translation

O Mahādevī, in the Tretā-yuga the Lord here is famed as Vāmana-svāmin; in the third age (Dvāpara) He is praised as Stuti-svāmin; and in the Kali-yuga He is celebrated as Tala-svāmin.

Word by Word

• tretāyām: in Tretā (Yuga)
• tretāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tretā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• vāmanaḥ: Vāmana
• vāmanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāmana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svāmī: lord, master
• svāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• stuti-svāmī: Lord of praise (Stuti-svāmī)
• stuti-svāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘स्तुतेः स्वामी’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tṛtīyake: in the third (age)
• tṛtīyake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘तृतीयक’ = तृतीय-युग (the third age)

• kalau: in Kali (Yuga)
• kalau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• yuge: in the age
• yuge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘महती देवī’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tala-svāmī: Lord of Tala (Tala-svāmī)
• tala-svāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tala (प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘तलस्य स्वामी’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prakīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed / is called
• prakīrtitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kīrt (कीर्त्) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from vocative ‘mahādevi/priye’ and first-person narration continuing in the passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāmana-svāmin / Stuti-svāmin / Tāla-svāmin (same sthala)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tri-yuga tableau: the same sanctum shown in three panels—Vāmana-svāmin in Tretā, Stuti-svāmin in Dvāpara with devotees singing hymns, and Tāla-svāmin in Kali with pilgrims arriving—unified by the Prabhāsa shoreline and temple lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Vāmana-svāmin
• Stuti-svāmin
• Tala-svāmin
• Tretā-yuga
• Dvāpara-yuga
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same sacred presence is known by different names across yugas, teaching continuity of dharma and enduring sanctity of the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, focusing on the deity revered as Tala-svāmin (and other yuga-wise names).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it establishes the yuga-wise nomenclature that frames later tīrtha practices.