Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तस्मादग्नीशनामेति कालरुद्रेत्यनंतरम् । तारकेति ततो नाम भविष्यत्येव कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

tasmādagnīśanāmeti kālarudretyanaṃtaram | tāraketi tato nāma bhaviṣyatyeva kīrtitam

Translation

అందువల్ల దేవుని నామము ‘అగ్నీశ’గా కీర్తింపబడును; తదుపరి ‘కాలరుద్ర’గా. ఆపై ‘తారక’ అనే నామము కలుగును—ఇలా నామక్రమం ప్రకటించబడింది.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: from that/therefore
• tasmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• agnīśa: Agnīśa
• agnīśa: Saṃjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘agnīnāṃ īśaḥ’ (lord of fire)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-कारक अव्यय (quotative)

• kālarudra: Kālarudra
• kālarudra: Saṃjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘kālaḥ eva rudraḥ’ / ‘time-like Rudra’ (name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-कारक अव्यय (quotative)

• anantaram: immediately after
• anantaram: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘immediately after’

• tāraka: Tāraka
• tāraka: Saṃjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-कारक अव्यय (quotative)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: ततः इति अव्यय (ablatival adverb: thereafter/from that)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kīrtitam: has been stated
• kīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtita (कृदन्त; √kīrt (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — 'has been mentioned'

Speaker

Unnamed narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (contextually a Purāṇic speaker describing Śiva’s names at Prabhāsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Recipient audience within the dialogue (pilgrim/sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triad of symbolic manifestations around a liṅga: flames wreathing it (Agnīśa), a dark wheel of time behind (Kālarudra), and a luminous guiding star/boat motif (Tāraka) indicating deliverance.

Characters & Entities

• Agnīśa
• Kālarudra
• Tāraka
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and praising the Lord through His many names is presented as a time-transcending path of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), a major Śaiva pilgrimage region praised in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the emphasis is on kīrtana—proclamation/recitation of divine names.