Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अष्टाविंशतिमे तत्र देवि प्राप्ते चतुर्युगे । कारणात्मा यथोत्पन्नः कपर्द्दी तत्र मे शृणु

Transliteration

aṣṭāviṃśatime tatra devi prāpte caturyuge | kāraṇātmā yathotpannaḥ kaparddī tatra me śṛṇu

Translation

ହେ ଦେବୀ! ଚତୁର୍ଯୁଗର ଅଷ୍ଟାବିଂଶତିମ ଚକ୍ର ଆସିଲାବେଳେ, କାରଣସ୍ୱରୂପ ‘କପର୍ଦ୍ଦୀ’ କିପରି ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲେ—ତାହା ମୋ ପାଖରୁ ଶୁଣ।

Word by Word

• अष्टा-विṃशतिमे: in the twenty-eighth
• अष्टा-विṃशतिमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टा (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (अष्टाविंशति = 28) + ‘-मे’ (सप्तमी-एकवचन: in the 28th [yuga/cycle])

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place): there

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had come
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘when (it) has arrived’ (locative absolute with चतुर्युगे)

• चतुर्युगे: in the caturyuga (four-age cycle)
• चतुर्युगे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (चतुर्युग = four-yuga cycle)

• कारण-आत्मा: the causal Self/being
• कारण-आत्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (कारणः आत्मा यस्य/कारणरूप आत्मा)

• यथा: how
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक/relative adverb): how, as

• उत्पन्नः: arisen, manifested
• उत्पन्नः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adj./समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘arisen, born’

• कपर्द्दी: Kapardī (Śiva)
• कपर्द्दी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; शिवनाम (one with matted hair)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक): there

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; enclitic: ‘of me / my’

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kaparddī-udbhava context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addressing Devī, pointing to a cosmic calendar motif—'28th caturyuga'—while a luminous causal presence (kāraṇātman) begins to condense into the Kaparddī form over the Prabhāsa landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Kaparddī
• Caturyuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred history is mapped onto cosmic time; the Māhātmya situates local worship within vast cycles of dharma and decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the narrative context for Kaparddī’s manifestation and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces an origin narrative meant to ground faith and proper worship.