Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कालप्रभं प्रकालं च कालास्यं कालविग्रहम् । जघान भगवाञ्छंभुस्तथान्यानपि नायकान्

Transliteration

kālaprabhaṃ prakālaṃ ca kālāsyaṃ kālavigraham | jaghāna bhagavāñchaṃbhustathānyānapi nāyakān

Translation

พระผู้เป็นศัมภูทรงปราบกาลประภะ ประกาล กาลาสยะ กาลวิครหะ และบรรดาหัวหน้าอื่น ๆ อีกด้วย

Word by Word

• कालप्रभम्: Kālaprabha (a leader)
• कालप्रभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालप्रभ (प्रातिपदिक; काल + प्रभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नामविशेषः (proper name)

• प्रकालम्: Prakāla
• प्रकालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाल (प्रातिपदिक; प्र + काल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नामविशेषः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कालास्यम्: Kālāsya
• कालास्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालास्य (प्रातिपदिक; काल + आस्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नामविशेषः

• कालविग्रहम्: Kālavighraha
• कालविग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालविग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; काल + विग्रह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नामविशेषः

• जघान: slew
• जघान: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (likewise)

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘नायकान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कार (also)

• नायकान्: leaders/chiefs
• नायकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu stands victorious amid fallen leaders—Kālaprabha, Prakāla, Kālāsya, Kālavigraha—suggesting conquest over time itself; the battlefield quiets under a vast, timeless sky.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Kālaprabha
• Prakāla
• Kālāsya
• Kālavigraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma prevails when the Lord removes even the strongest commanders of chaos; sacred order is defended by divine sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting but does not name the tīrtha in this particular verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line.