Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

ज्वालामुखेति नाम्ना वै रुद्रक्रोधाद्भविष्यति । सरस्वत्यास्तथा नाम ख्यातिं ब्राह्मीति यास्यति

Transliteration

jvālāmukheti nāmnā vai rudrakrodhādbhaviṣyati | sarasvatyāstathā nāma khyātiṃ brāhmīti yāsyati

Translation

Surgirá de la ira de Rudra, llevando el nombre de «Jvālāmukha». Del mismo modo, el nombre de Sarasvatī será célebre como «Brāhmī».

Word by Word

• ज्वालामुखा: (the place/one) named ‘Jvālāmukhā’
• ज्वालामुखा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वाला + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्वालायाः मुखम् → ज्वालामुखम्), नामरूपेण प्रयुक्ता

• इति: thus/‘so called’
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• रुद्रक्रोधात्: from Rudra’s wrath
• रुद्रक्रोधात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य क्रोधः)

• भविष्यति: will come to be / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd; contextually accusative as object of ‘yāsyati’), एकवचन

• ख्यातिम्: fame/renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मी: ‘Brāhmī’
• ब्राह्मी: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; नामरूपेण (as a proper name/epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• यास्यति: will attain / will come to have
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jvālāmukha (future Vāḍava manifestation) / Brāhmī-nāma of Sarasvatī (name-mahātmya)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fiery ‘mouth of flame’ (Jvālāmukha) rises from the ocean, born of Rudra’s wrath; beside it, Sarasvatī is shown with Brahmā-associated iconography, her name ‘Brāhmī’ inscribed in a scroll-like banner.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Jvālāmukha
• Sarasvatī
• Brāhmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names in Purāṇas encode theology: wrath, grace, and divine functions become memorialized through sacred appellations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative stream, connecting cosmic events to this sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on future naming and renown (khyāti) rather than an enacted rite.