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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96

ततः कलियुगे प्राप्ते केलो नाम भविष्यति । मम भक्तस्तस्य नाम्ना भाव्या केलेश्वरीत्यहम्

tataḥ kaliyuge prāpte kelo nāma bhaviṣyati | mama bhaktastasya nāmnā bhāvyā keleśvarītyaham

Puis, lorsque viendra l’âge de Kali, il y aura un nommé Kelo, mon dévot ; et par son nom je serai connue comme Keleśvarī.

tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb): ‘then’
kali-yugein the Kali age
kali-yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/time setting/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkali (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Kali age’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
prāptewhen (it) has arrived
prāpte:
Kāla (Temporal circumstance/सति-सप्तमी)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-āp (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — सति-सप्तमी: ‘when (it) has come/arrived’
kelaḥKela (name)
kelaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkela (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (Apposition marker/नामनिर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
Formनामनिर्देशक अव्यय (particle): ‘named/called’
bhaviṣyatiwill be
bhaviṣyati:
Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलृट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपद
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन — सर्वनाम
bhaktaḥdevotee
bhaktaḥ:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘devotee’
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — सर्वनाम
nāmnāby the name
nāmnā:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by name’
bhāvyāwill be (as)
bhāvyā:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhavya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — विधेय-विशेषण: ‘to be/shall be’ (future sense)
keleśvarīKeleśvarī (name)
keleśvarī:
Karta (Predicate noun/नाम-निर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootkeleśvarī (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — नाम
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इति-चिह्न अव्यय (quotative particle)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा, एकवचन — सर्वनाम

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; the 'I' indicates the local goddess/deity’s self-identification)

Tirtha: Keleśvarī (deity-epithet at the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra/temple (implied)

Scene: A prophecy: in Kali-yuga a devotee named Kelo will arise; the goddess will be known by his name as Keleśvarī, indicating a localized, intimate form of worship.

K
Kali-yuga
K
Kelo
K
Keleśvarī

FAQs

Bhakti sanctifies history: the deity accepts and reveals new epithets through the devotion of later ages.

The verse points to the Lohāṇā locale’s later devotional identity centered on the goddess called Keleśvarī.

No direct ritual is specified; it forecasts a devotional lineage and the deity’s recognized name in Kali-yuga.