Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

चतुर्दश्यां विशेषेण तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः । रुद्रेश्वरेति देवस्य त्वासीन्नाम पुरा युगे

Transliteration

caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ | rudreśvareti devasya tvāsīnnāma purā yuge

Translation

വിശേഷിച്ച് ചതുര്ദശിയിൽ അവന്റെ ലോകങ്ങൾ സനാതനമാകുന്നു. പുരാതന യുഗങ്ങളിൽ ആ ദേവന്റെ നാമം ‘രുദ്രേശ്വരൻ’ ആയിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (on the fourteenth lunar day)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adverbial instrumental (विशेषेण = especially)

• तस्य: of that (deity/place)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• लोकाः: worlds, realms
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• सनातनाः: eternal
• सनातनाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; adjective qualifying लोकाः

• रुद्रेश्वरेति: ‘Rudreśvara’—thus
• रुद्रेश्वरेति: Sambandha (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रुद्रेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle) with नाम; ‘रुद्रेश्वर’ as quoted name

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/particle (emphasis)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (predicate noun)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (time adverb)

• युगे: in an age (yuga)
• युगे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudreśvara (former name) / Vṛddhi-liṅga context in Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A caturdaśī night: the moon wanes; devotees keep vigil at the liṅga known formerly as Rudreśvara; a visionary backdrop suggests ‘eternal worlds’ opening as a reward.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Rudreśvara
• Caturdaśī (14th tithi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place together shape spiritual attainment; Caturdaśī is singled out for Śaiva merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudreśvara—an honored form/name of the deity within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights Caturdaśī as especially significant for worship, implying observance and devotion on that tithi.