Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
आदौ कृतयुगे देवि त्रेतायां द्वापरेऽपि च । कलौ युगे तु संप्राप्ते जातं नामांतरं पुनः
ādau kṛtayuge devi tretāyāṃ dvāpare'pi ca | kalau yuge tu saṃprāpte jātaṃ nāmāṃtaraṃ punaḥ
Au commencement—dans le Kṛtayuga, et aussi dans le Tretā et le Dvāpara—tels étaient les noms. Mais lorsque vint l’âge de Kali, un autre ensemble de noms apparut de nouveau.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A symbolic depiction of four yugas as four panels or four horizons, with the same Rudra presence shining through while name-banners change; the Kali panel shows simplified, accessible worship with different epithets.
FAQs
Dharma is continuous, yet its expressions—names, forms, and modes of access—adapt across the yugas.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya the yuga-wise naming is being explained.
No specific rite is given; it introduces a doctrinal shift in nomenclature for the Kali age.