Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कल्पे कल्पे महाकल्पे भूयः ख्यातिर्भवेदिति । एतस्मात्कारणात्सुभ्रूस्तप्यते परमं तपः

Transliteration

kalpe kalpe mahākalpe bhūyaḥ khyātirbhavediti | etasmātkāraṇātsubhrūstapyate paramaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

కల్పకల్పములలో, మహాకల్పములలో కూడ మరల మరల నా ఖ్యాతి ఉద్భవించుగాక—ఈ కారణముచేత, హే సుభ్రూ, నేను పరమ తపస్సును ఆచరిస్తున్నాను.

Word by Word

• कल्पे: in a kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• कल्पे: in (each) kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति for distributive sense)

• महाकल्पे: in a great kalpa
• महाकल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भूयः: again; further; more
• भूयः: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निबद्ध)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ख्यातिः: renown
• ख्यातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: may be; would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyapariccheda (Quotation marker/वाक्यपरिच्छेद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• एतस्मात्: from this; because of this
• एतस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कारणात्: from the reason; due to the cause
• कारणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• सुभ्रूः: the fair-browed lady
• सुभ्रूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तप्यते: is heated; performs austerity
• तप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• परमम्: supreme; highest
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तपः’)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Yama (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varddhanī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker emphasizes kalpa after kalpa, performing supreme austerity; visual motifs of cosmic time (wheels, repeating suns/moons) surround an ascetic figure.

Characters & Entities

• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic timescales are invoked to show how far-reaching worldly desire can be; it implicitly contrasts transient fame with the higher aim of God-realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; the Dharmāraṇya setting remains the broader sacred frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Paramatapas (supreme austerity) is stated as the practice, without detailing a specific vrata, dāna, or snāna.