Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
सद्योऽथ नवमः प्रोक्तः ईशानो दशमः स्मृतः । ध्यान एकादशः प्रोक्तस्तथा सारस्वतोऽपरः
sadyo'tha navamaḥ proktaḥ īśāno daśamaḥ smṛtaḥ | dhyāna ekādaśaḥ proktastathā sārasvato'paraḥ
அடுத்து ஒன்பதாவது ‘ஸத்ய’ என அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது; பத்தாவது ‘ஈசான’ என நினைவுகூரப்பட்டது. பதினொன்றாவது ‘த்யான’ என போதிக்கப்பட்டது; அதன் பின் ‘ஸாரஸ்வத’ எனும் மற்றொரு (கல்பம்) வருகிறது.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage at Prabhāsa recites a scroll-like list of kalpa-nāmas; behind him, Somnātha’s liṅga and the sea-horizon suggest cosmic time flowing as waves; the names ‘Sadya, Īśāna, Dhyāna, Sārasvata’ appear as luminous syllables.
FAQs
It presents time as sacred and structured; the named Kalpas remind the listener that creation unfolds through divinely ordered phases.
The larger narrative is the glory of Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse is part of a cosmology section rather than a site-description.
None; it is an enumeration of Kalpa-names.