Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अक्षमालेश्वरस्त्वेवं यथावत्कथितस्तव । ततस्तु द्वापरस्यान्ते कलौ संध्यांशके गते

Transliteration

akṣamāleśvarastvevaṃ yathāvatkathitastava | tatastu dvāparasyānte kalau saṃdhyāṃśake gate

Translation

Así te ha sido descrito debidamente Akṣamāleśvara. Luego, al final de la era Dvāpara, cuando había llegado la porción crepuscular de Kali…

Word by Word

• अक्षमालेश्वरः: Akṣamāleśvara (Lord of the rosary)
• अक्षमालेश्वरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षमाला-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अक्षमालायाः ईश्वरः) — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात — Indeclinable; connective particle (‘but/indeed’)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक — Indeclinable; manner adverb

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथाविधि/सम्यक् अर्थे — Indeclinable; adverb (‘properly, as it is’)

• कथितः: has been told
• कथितः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘said/told’ — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: to you / of you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient; genitive usage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular (to you/for you)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक — Indeclinable; adverb (‘then/thereafter’)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात — Indeclinable; particle

• द्वापरस्य: of the Dvāpara (age)
• द्वापरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कलौ: in the Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• संध्यांशके: in the twilight-portion (transition period)
• संध्यांशके: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या-अंशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संध्यायाः अंशकः) — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गते: when (it) had passed
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute: when it had passed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके सप्तमी (सप्तमी absolute) — Past participle in Locative absolute, Locative Singular

Speaker

Sūta (transitioning the narrative) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Akṣamāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storyteller-sage concluding the account of Akṣamāleśvara, gesturing toward a symbolic wheel of time (yuga-cakra) as the narrative moves to Dvāpara’s end and Kali’s onset.

Characters & Entities

• Akṣamāleśvara
• Kali-yuga
• Dvāpara-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred history is preserved through yuga cycles; tīrthas remain enduring anchors of dharma across time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Akṣamāleśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it serves as a narrative pivot to the next account.