Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कल्पेकल्पे तु नामानि शृणु त्वं तानि वै प्रिये । स्वयंभूः प्रथमे कल्पे द्वितीये पद्मभूः स्थितः

Transliteration

kalpekalpe tu nāmāni śṛṇu tvaṃ tāni vai priye | svayaṃbhūḥ prathame kalpe dvitīye padmabhūḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

ดูก่อนที่รัก จงฟังนามเหล่านั้นตามที่ปรากฏในแต่ละกัลป์ ในกัลป์แรกพระองค์ทรงพระนามว่า ‘สวะยัมภู’ (ผู้บังเกิดด้วยตนเอง) ในกัลป์ที่สองทรงสถิตเป็น ‘ปัทมภู’ (ผู้บังเกิดจากดอกบัว)

Word by Word

• कल्पे: in (each) aeon
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• कल्पे: in (every) aeon
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for distributive sense)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अवधारण (particle)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन (accusative/nominative plural)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (hear!)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun: nominative)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन (those)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative)

• स्वयंभूः: the Self-born (Brahmā)
• स्वयंभूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयम् + भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः: स्वयम् (avyaya) + भू ("self-born")

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (locative singular: "in the first")

• कल्पे: aeon
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• द्वितीये: in the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (locative singular: "in the second")

• पद्मभूः: the lotus-born
• पद्मभूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: पद्मात् भूः/पद्मे भूः ("lotus-born")

• स्थितः: is/stands (as)
• स्थितः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/ppp), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्थित-भाव ("is/stands")

Speaker

Unspecified (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator addressing a female interlocutor, ‘priye/varānane’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Priye (beloved) addressed by the speaker (identity not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure narrates to a beloved listener the kalpa-wise names of Brahmā; Brahmā appears in two iconographic modes: self-born radiance and lotus-born emergence.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Svayaṃbhū
• Padmabhū
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic roles and names change with cycles, yet the divine order of creation continues across kalpas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, the glorification of Prabhāsa (Somnātha region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on hearing/learning sacred cosmological names.