Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
कृते हेरंबनामा तु त्रेतायां विघ्नमर्द्दनः । लंबोदरो द्वापरे तु कपर्द्दी तु कलौ स्मृतः
kṛte heraṃbanāmā tu tretāyāṃ vighnamarddanaḥ | laṃbodaro dvāpare tu kaparddī tu kalau smṛtaḥ
କୃତଯୁଗରେ ସେ ‘ହେରମ୍ବ’ ନାମରେ, ତ୍ରେତାଯୁଗରେ ‘ବିଘ୍ନମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ’; ଦ୍ୱାପରରେ ‘ଲମ୍ବୋଦର’ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ, ଏବଂ କଳିଯୁଗରେ ‘କପର୍ଦ୍ଦୀ’ ଭାବେ ସ୍ମରଣ କରାଯାଏ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kaparddī (Kali-yuga epithet in Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A four-panel temporal tableau: Kṛta—Heramba; Tretā—Vighnamardana; Dvāpara—Lambodara; Kali—Kaparddī, each shown as a distinct iconographic mood while sharing a common divine aura.
FAQs
Divine compassion adapts to time: the same Lord is praised through different names and functions across the yugas.
The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking Kaparddī especially to Kali-yuga practice.
Name-based devotion is implied—invoking the appropriate epithets of Vighneśvara, especially Kaparddī in Kali-yuga.