Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कालमेघश्च संप्रोक्तो भवो दामोदरः स्मृतः । गव्यूतिद्वितयेनैव कालिका तत्र कीर्तिता

Transliteration

kālameghaśca saṃprokto bhavo dāmodaraḥ smṛtaḥ | gavyūtidvitayenaiva kālikā tatra kīrtitā

Translation

ទ្រង់ក៏ត្រូវបានប្រកាសថា «កាលមេឃ» ផងដែរ; ហើយ «ភវ» ត្រូវបានចងចាំនៅទីនោះថា «ដាមោទរ»។ ចម្ងាយពីរហ្គវ្យូទី មាន «កាលិកា» ដែលត្រូវបានសរសើរល្បីនៅតំបន់នោះ។

Word by Word

• कालमेघः: Kālamegha (name)
• कालमेघः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कालः मेघः (कर्मधारय)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• संप्रोक्तः: is declared/said
• संप्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• दामोदरः: Dāmodara (name)
• दामोदरः: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• स्मृतः: is remembered/known
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गव्यूतिद्वितयेन: by two gavyūtis (a distance measure)
• गव्यूतिद्वितयेन: Karana (Instrument/Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्यूति + द्वितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (द्वितय), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—द्वे गव्यूती (द्विगु)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• कालिका: Kālikā (name)
• कालिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• कीर्तिता: is proclaimed/celebrated
• कीर्तिता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (sub-sites: Kālamegha, Dāmodara, Kālikā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-path across coastal Saurashtra with small shrines: a dark raincloud-hued Śiva (Kālamegha), a Dāmodara form, and a nearby Kālikā shrine marked by a two-gavyūti distance sign.

Characters & Entities

• Kālamegha
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Dāmodara
• Kālikā
• Gavyūti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra is mapped through divine names and measured sacred space, showing how devotion is anchored to identifiable locations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhava’s forms/titles (Kālamegha, Dāmodara) at Vastrāpatha, and the nearby Kālikā site two gavyūtis away.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse provides sacred place-identification and distance guidance for pilgrimage movement.