Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अन्यो विष्णुश्च भवति अन्यो ब्रह्मा भवत्यपि । कल्पे कल्पे मया सृष्टः कल्पे विष्णुः प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

anyo viṣṇuśca bhavati anyo brahmā bhavatyapi | kalpe kalpe mayā sṛṣṭaḥ kalpe viṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ

Translation

«À chaque éon (kalpa) il y a un Viṣṇu différent, et à chaque éon un Brahmā différent aussi. En chaque kalpa, c’est par moi qu’ils sont manifestés — Viṣṇu et Prajāpati, Seigneur des créatures.»

Word by Word

• anyaḥ: another, different (one)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• anyaḥ: another, different (one)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• kalpe: in (a) kalpa/aeon
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kalpe: in each kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); आवृत्ति (repetition)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sṛṣṭaḥ: created
• sṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• kalpe: in (a) kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• prajāpatiḥ: lord of creatures, Prajāpati
• prajāpatiḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of creatures' + 'lord'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva explains that in each kalpa a different Viṣṇu and Brahmā arise, created by him; a cosmic wheel of time turns behind the divine pair in dialogue.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic roles are cyclical and contingent; the text presents Śiva as the steady ground from which these functions arise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for Śiva’s doctrinal revelation connected with Kālāgniliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed in this verse.