Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वकामप्रदं देवि दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम् । पूर्वं चण्डेश्वरंनाम ख्यातं कृतयुगे प्रिये

Transliteration

sarvakāmapradaṃ devi dāridryaughavināśanam | pūrvaṃ caṇḍeśvaraṃnāma khyātaṃ kṛtayuge priye

Translation

ദേവീ, അത് സർവകാമപ്രദവും ദാരിദ്ര്യപ്രവാഹം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതുമാണ്. പ്രിയേ, കൃതയുഗത്തിൽ മുമ്പ് അത് ‘ചണ്ഡേശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying) चण्डेश्वरम् (understood)

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

• दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्: destroyer of floods of poverty
• दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारिद्र्य + ओघ + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying) चण्डेश्वरम् (understood)

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb) — 'formerly'

• चण्डेश्वरम्: Caṇḍeśvara
• चण्डेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — 'by name/namely'

• ख्यातम्: was renowned/known
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• कृतयुगे: in the Kṛta Yuga
• कृतयुगे: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रिये: O beloved (dear one)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (formerly Caṇḍeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Bhairaveśvara/Caṇḍeśvara shrine radiates protective power; pilgrims offer lamps and coins/grain as symbols of poverty’s removal; a subtle Kṛta-yuga vignette overlays the present shrine name.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairaveśvara
• Caṇḍeśvara
• Kṛta Yuga
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at the kṣetra-shrine is said to transform worldly hardship—poverty and lack—into fulfilled aims under dharmic seeking.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhairaveśvara, noted as formerly called Caṇḍeśvara, in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; the verse states the shrine’s phala (benefits) and its earlier yuga-name.