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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

तृतीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूरिति विश्रुतः । अमृतेशेति ते नाम कीर्तितं कीर्तिवर्द्धनम्

tṛtīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā svayaṃbhūriti viśrutaḥ | amṛteśeti te nāma kīrtitaṃ kīrtivarddhanam

Dans la troisième phase, lorsque Brahmā était renommé Svayaṃbhū (né de lui-même), alors Ton Nom fut chanté « Amṛteśa »—un Nom qui accroît la gloire et l’heureux renom.

tṛtīyaḥthe third
tṛtīyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (brahmā इत्यस्य)
abhūtwas/became
abhūt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
yadāwhen
yadā:
Temporal connector (काल-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक-सम्बन्धकः)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्
svayaṃbhūḥSvayaṃbhū (self-born)
svayaṃbhūḥ:
Predicate/Name (संज्ञा/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootsvayam (अव्यय) + bhū (धातु; कृदन्त-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः ‘स्वयम् भवति’ → ‘svayaṃbhū’ (self-born)
itithus (called)
iti:
Quotative marker (इति-प्रयोगः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (नाम-निर्देशे)
viśrutaḥrenowned/known
viśrutaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootviśruta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √śru)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; विशेषणम् (brahmā)
amṛteśaAmṛteśa
amṛteśa:
Predicate/Name (संज्ञा/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootamṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘अमृतस्य ईशः’
itithus (called)
iti:
Quotative marker (इति-प्रयोगः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (नाम-निर्देशे)
teyour
te:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम्; ‘तव/ते’
nāmaname
nāma:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्
kīrtitamwas proclaimed
kīrtitam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkīrt (धातु; कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) √kīrt ‘कीर्त्’; विशेषणम् (nāma)
kīrtivarddhanamfame-increasing
kīrtivarddhanam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkīrti (प्रातिपदिक) + vardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘कीर्तेः वर्धनम्’; विशेषणम् (nāma/कīrtitam)

Unspecified (contextual narrator; central naming of the deity Amṛteśa/Amṛteśvara of Prabhāsa)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Scene: Third phase: Svayaṃbhū-Brahmā; Śiva as Amṛteśa appears cool and luminous, with a nectar pot or moonlit aura; devotees at Prabhāsa offer bilva and water, suggesting healing and renewal.

B
Brahmā
S
Svayaṃbhū
A
Amṛteśa
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

The divine name ‘Amṛteśa’ signifies immortality-bestowing grace and the uplift of one’s spiritual reputation through devotion.

Prabhāsakṣetra—especially through the explicit naming of its Śiva as Amṛteśa/Amṛteśvara.

No explicit ritual; it implies merit through kīrtana and nāma-japa of ‘Amṛteśa’.