Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एवं चातुर्युगं नाम तस्य लिंगस्य कीर्तितम् । पापघ्नं पुण्यदं नॄणां कीर्त्तितं सर्वकामदम्

Transliteration

evaṃ cāturyugaṃ nāma tasya liṃgasya kīrtitam | pāpaghnaṃ puṇyadaṃ nṝṇāṃ kīrttitaṃ sarvakāmadam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ആ ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ ‘ചാതുര്യുഗ’ നാമസമൂഹം പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. ഇതിന്റെ കീർത്തന-സ്മരണം പാപം നശിപ്പിച്ച്, മനുഷ്യർക്കു പുണ്യം നൽകി, എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും നല്കുന്നതായി പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक (thus/in this manner)

• चातुर्युगम्: (the name) ‘Cāturyuga’ / four-yuga (designation)
• चातुर्युगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर् + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (चतुर्युगसम्बद्धम्)

• नाम: name / called
• नाम: Visheshana (Apposition/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• कीर्तितम्: has been proclaimed
• कीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु) → कीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘has been proclaimed’

• पापघ्नम्: sin-destroying
• पापघ्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पापं हन्ति)

• पुण्यदम्: bestowing merit
• पुण्यदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पुण्यं ददाति)

• नॄणाम्: of men / for people
• नॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• कीर्तितम्: is declared
• कीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु) → कीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः—‘is declared’

• सर्वकामदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वान् कामान् ददाति)

Speaker

Śiva (to Devī/Umā, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga with ‘Cāturyuga’ names

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees chant the four names of the liṅga (‘Cāturyuga’ naming), with sin symbolized as dark smoke dissolving into light; offerings and lamps surround the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Cāturyuga-nāma
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kīrtana (devotional proclamation) of the Lord’s sacred names is itself a purifying act that yields puṇya and removes pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the praise of its liṅga and its four-yuga naming tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana/smaraṇa of the liṅga’s names (Bhairaveśvara, Sāvarṇikeśvara, Gālavēśvara, Śākalyeśvara) as a meritorious practice.