Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततो द्वितीयकल्पे तु संप्राप्ते वरवर्णिनि । रैवतेश्वरनामेति प्रख्यातं धरणीतले

Transliteration

tato dvitīyakalpe tu saṃprāpte varavarṇini | raivateśvaranāmeti prakhyātaṃ dharaṇītale

Translation

പിന്നീട്, ഹേ മനോഹരവർണ്ണിനീ, രണ്ടാം കല്പം വന്നപ്പോൾ അത് ഭൂമിയിൽ ‘റൈവതേശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• dvitīyakalpe: in the second aeon
• dvitīyakalpe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvitīya + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—द्वितीयः कल्पः

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानसूचक (indeed)

• saṃprāpte: when (it) had come/arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी—‘(काले) संप्राप्ते’ = when (it) had arrived

• varavarṇini: O fair one
• varavarṇini: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—वरवर्णा (excellent-complexioned)

• raivateśvaranāma: the name ‘Raivateśvara’
• raivateśvaranāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raivata + īśvara + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—रैवत-ईश्वरस्य नाम (name ‘Raivateśvara’)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/इति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• prakhyātam: became renowned
• prakhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√khyā (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रख्यातम्’ = became renowned/was famed

• dharaṇītale: on the earth’s surface
• dharaṇītale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—धरण्याः तलम् (on the surface of the earth)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivateśvara (liṅga) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a radiant lady while indicating the Prabhāsa shrine; a subtle cosmic motif (wheel of time/kalpa) frames the liṅga now known as Raivateśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Varavarṇinī (Pārvatī)
• Raivateśvara (Liṅga-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred glory persists across cosmic cycles; the tīrtha’s sanctity is renewed and re-known in each kalpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the liṅga-title Raivateśvara in the second kalpa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse focuses on the kalpa-specific renown of the liṅga.