Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवं नामानि देवस्य संक्षेपात्कीर्तितानि मे । विस्तरात्कथितुं नैव शक्यंते कालगौरवात्

Transliteration

evaṃ nāmāni devasya saṃkṣepātkīrtitāni me | vistarātkathituṃ naiva śakyaṃte kālagauravāt

Translation

Ainsi, je n’ai énoncé les Noms du Seigneur qu’en abrégé. Les raconter en détail n’est pas possible, car le Temps lui-même est immense et lourd de grandeur.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संक्षेपात्: briefly/in summary
• संक्षेपात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (briefly)

• कीर्तितानि: have been mentioned/proclaimed
• कीर्तितानि: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'कीर्तित' = उक्त/प्रकीर्तित

• मे: by me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular; enclitic form)

• विस्तरात्: in detail
• विस्तरात्: Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'विस्तरात्' = विस्तारतः (in detail)

• कथितुम्: to narrate
• कथितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (infinitive), 'कथितुम्' = कथयितुम्

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• शक्यन्ते: are possible/can be done
• शक्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'are possible')

• कालगौरवात्: due to the weight/constraint of time
• कालगौरवात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (गौरव), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कालस्य गौरवम् = time’s heaviness/constraint)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator gestures to a scroll that fades into a horizon labeled ‘Kāla’; countless divine names appear like stars, but only a few are written, conveying deliberate brevity.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Kāla (Time)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is inexhaustible; even sacred narration bows to the immensity of Time and the countless forms of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the setting; the verse supports its māhātmya by framing the Lord’s boundless epithets honored there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the implied practice is nāma-kīrtana (praise of divine names).