Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

भैरवेश्वरनामेति पूर्वं ख्यातमभूद्भुवि । अस्मिन्युगे तु संप्राप्ते शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्

Transliteration

bhairaveśvaranāmeti pūrvaṃ khyātamabhūdbhuvi | asminyuge tu saṃprāpte śākalyeśvaranāmakam

Translation

ਪੂਰਵਕਾਲ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਇਹ ‘ਭੈਰਵੇਸ਼ਵਰ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਸੀ; ਪਰ ਇਸ ਵਰਤਮਾਨ ਯੁਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ‘ਸ਼ਾਕਲ੍ਯੇਸ਼ਵਰ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• भैरवेश्वरनाम: the name ‘Bhairaveśvara’
• भैरवेश्वरनाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘भैरवेश्वरस्य नाम’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक निपात — quotation marker

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — ‘formerly’

• ख्यातम्: was known
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Copular-Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘was renowned/known’ (predicate)

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुव्/भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुवि/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (युगे)

• युगे: age (yuga)
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात — ‘but/indeed’

• संप्राप्ते: when (this yuga) has come
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative Absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; सम्+√प्राप् (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) — ‘when (it) has arrived’ (युगे)

• शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्: named ‘Śākalyeśvara’
• शाकल्येश्वरनामकम्: Karta/Predicate-Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाकल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘शाकल्येश्वर-नाम’ + क-प्रत्ययान्त ‘नामक’ = ‘named …’; विशेषण (ख्यातम्/नाम)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara (formerly Bhairaveśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage points to an ancient liṅga shrine; an inscription-like aura shows the earlier name ‘Bhairaveśvara’ fading into the present ‘Śākalyeśvara’, with Prabhāsa’s coastal light in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairaveśvara
• Śākalyeśvara
• Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred presence remains constant even when names change across time; yuga-based naming preserves living tradition and local remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra known as Bhairaveśvara formerly and Śākalyeśvara in the current age.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides a sacred-historical identification for pilgrims and reciters.