Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

देवि तस्यैव नामानि कल्पेकल्पे भवंति वै । अनादिनिधनान्येव संभवन्ति पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

devi tasyaiva nāmāni kalpekalpe bhavaṃti vai | anādinidhanānyeva saṃbhavanti punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಅವನದೇ ನಾಮಗಳು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಕಲ್ಪದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; ಅವು ಅನಾದಿ-ಅನಂತವಾಗಿಯೇ ಪುನಃ ಪುನಃ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.

Word by Word

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• कल्पे: in (another) kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवन्ति: come to be/occur
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/assurance particle)

• अनादिनिधनानि: beginningless and endless
• अनादिनिधनानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि (प्रातिपदिक) + निधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); द्वन्द्व (beginningless and endless)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• संभवन्ति: arise/come into existence
• संभवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb of repetition)

• पुनः: again and again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (repetition; reduplicated usage)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Goddess)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau of kalpa-cycles: a radiant Viṣṇu-form whose many names appear as luminous syllables emerging and dissolving like waves of time, with Prabhāsa’s shoreline-temple silhouette in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Kalpa
• Daityasūdana (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity is timeless; names and manifestations recur across cosmic cycles, sustaining dharma in every age.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly tied to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra discourse; the verse is chiefly cosmological/theological about divine names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on understanding the eternal recurrence of divine epithets.