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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

भैरवेश्वरनामेति पूर्वं ख्यातमभूद्भुवि । अस्मिन्युगे तु संप्राप्ते शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्

Transliteration

bhairaveśvaranāmeti pūrvaṃ khyātamabhūdbhuvi | asminyuge tu saṃprāpte śākalyeśvaranāmakam

Translation

Autrefois, sur la terre, il était renommé sous le nom de Bhairaveśvara. Mais en l’âge présent, il est connu sous le nom de Śākalyeśvara.

Word by Word
भैरवेश्वरनामthe name ‘Bhairaveśvara’
भैरवेश्वरनाम:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभैरव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘भैरवेश्वरस्य नाम’
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation/इत्यर्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक निपात — quotation marker
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — ‘formerly’
ख्यातम्was known
ख्यातम्:
Kriya (Copular-Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या (धातु))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘was renowned/known’ (predicate)
अभूत्became/was
अभूत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलुङ्-लकार (Aorist/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभुव्/भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुवि/भू)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (युगे)
युगेage (yuga)
युगे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात — ‘but/indeed’
संप्राप्तेwhen (this yuga) has come
संप्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative Absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंप्राप्त (कृदन्त; सम्+√प्राप् (धातु))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) — ‘when (it) has arrived’ (युगे)
शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्named ‘Śākalyeśvara’
शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्:
Karta/Predicate-Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशाकल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘शाकल्येश्वर-नाम’ + क-प्रत्ययान्त ‘नामक’ = ‘named …’; विशेषण (ख्यातम्/नाम)
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara (formerly Bhairaveśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage points to an ancient liṅga shrine; an inscription-like aura shows the earlier name ‘Bhairaveśvara’ fading into the present ‘Śākalyeśvara’, with Prabhāsa’s coastal light in the background.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhairaveśvara
Ś
Śākalyeśvara
Y
Yuga

FAQs

Sacred presence remains constant even when names change across time; yuga-based naming preserves living tradition and local remembrance.

The Liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra known as Bhairaveśvara formerly and Śākalyeśvara in the current age.

None directly; the verse provides a sacred-historical identification for pilgrims and reciters.

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