Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

ज्वालामुखेति नाम्ना वै रुद्रक्रोधाद्भविष्यति । सरस्वत्यास्तथा नाम ख्यातिं ब्राह्मीति यास्यति

Transliteration

jvālāmukheti nāmnā vai rudrakrodhādbhaviṣyati | sarasvatyāstathā nāma khyātiṃ brāhmīti yāsyati

Translation

രുദ്രക്രോധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് അത് ‘ജ്വാലാമുഖ’ എന്ന നാമത്തോടെ ഉദ്ഭവിക്കും. അതുപോലെ സരസ്വതിയുടെ നാമം ‘ബ്രാഹ്മീ’യായി പ്രസിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• ज्वालामुखा: (the place/one) named ‘Jvālāmukhā’
• ज्वालामुखा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वाला + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्वालायाः मुखम् → ज्वालामुखम्), नामरूपेण प्रयुक्ता

• इति: thus/‘so called’
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• रुद्रक्रोधात्: from Rudra’s wrath
• रुद्रक्रोधात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य क्रोधः)

• भविष्यति: will come to be / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd; contextually accusative as object of ‘yāsyati’), एकवचन

• ख्यातिम्: fame/renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मी: ‘Brāhmī’
• ब्राह्मी: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; नामरूपेण (as a proper name/epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• यास्यति: will attain / will come to have
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jvālāmukha (future Vāḍava manifestation) / Brāhmī-nāma of Sarasvatī (name-mahātmya)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fiery ‘mouth of flame’ (Jvālāmukha) rises from the ocean, born of Rudra’s wrath; beside it, Sarasvatī is shown with Brahmā-associated iconography, her name ‘Brāhmī’ inscribed in a scroll-like banner.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Jvālāmukha
• Sarasvatī
• Brāhmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names in Purāṇas encode theology: wrath, grace, and divine functions become memorialized through sacred appellations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative stream, connecting cosmic events to this sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on future naming and renown (khyāti) rather than an enacted rite.