Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
एकैकं वर्तते नाम ब्रह्मणः प्रलयावधि । ततोन्यज्जायते नाम यथा नामानुरूपतः
Transliteration
ekaikaṃ vartate nāma brahmaṇaḥ pralayāvadhi | tatonyajjāyate nāma yathā nāmānurūpataḥ
Translation
ब्रह्माच्या प्रलयापर्यंत एकेक नावच टिकून राहते; त्यानंतर त्या नावाच्या अनुरूप गुणस्वभावाप्रमाणे दुसरे नाव उत्पन्न होते।
Word by Word
ekaikameach one, one by one
ekaikam:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (one by one/each single)
vartateexists, continues
vartate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛt (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्
nāmaa name
nāma:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā / of Brahman
brahmaṇaḥ:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन
pralayāvadhiuntil the dissolution
pralayāvadhi:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpralaya (प्रातिपदिक) + avadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (up to dissolution)
tataḥthereafter, from that
tataḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (from then/thereafter)
anyatanother
anyat:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘another’
jāyateis born, arises
jāyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्
nāmaa name
nāma:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
yathāas, according to
yathā:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formउपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/according to)
nāmānurūpataḥin accordance with the name
nāmānurūpataḥ:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक) + anurūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
Formतसिलन्त अव्यय; समासः तत्पुरुषः (नाम्ना अनुरूपः) ‘in accordance with the name’
Speaker
Unnamed narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya
Characters & Entities
B
BrahmāP
PralayaŚ
ŚivaFAQs
Divine epithets reflect cosmic functions across eras; devotion adapts, but the Lord remains the same reality behind all names.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where cosmology and nāma-doctrine are woven into the site’s praise.
No direct ritual; it implicitly encourages era-appropriate worship through the Lord’s prevailing name.