Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अक्षमालेश्वरस्त्वेवं यथावत्कथितस्तव । ततस्तु द्वापरस्यान्ते कलौ संध्यांशके गते

Transliteration

akṣamāleśvarastvevaṃ yathāvatkathitastava | tatastu dvāparasyānte kalau saṃdhyāṃśake gate

Translation

Ainsi, Akṣamāleśvara t’a été exposé comme il convient. Puis, à la fin de l’âge Dvāpara, lorsque la part crépusculaire de Kali fut advenue…

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.