Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

द्वितीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा पद्मभूरिति विश्रुतः । तदा कालाग्निरुद्रेति तव नाम प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

dvitīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā padmabhūriti viśrutaḥ | tadā kālāgnirudreti tava nāma prakīrtitam

Translation

ในกาลที่สอง เมื่อพระพรหมเลื่องลือว่า “ปัทมภู” ผู้บังเกิดจากดอกบัว ครั้งนั้นพระนามของพระองค์ถูกประกาศว่า “กาลัคนิรุทระ” รูทระดุจไฟแห่งกาลเวลา

Word by Word

• dvitīyaḥ: the second
• dvitīyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (brahmā इत्यस्य)

• abhūt: was/became
• abhūt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• yadā: when
• yadā: Temporal connector (काल-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-सम्बन्धकः)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• padmabhūḥ: Padmabhū (lotus-born)
• padmabhūḥ: Predicate/Name (संज्ञा/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + bhū (धातु; कृदन्त-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘पद्मात् भवति’ → ‘padmabhū’ (lotus-born)

• iti: thus (called)
• iti: Quotative marker (इति-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निर्देशे)

• viśrutaḥ: renowned/known
• viśrutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśruta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √śru)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) √śru ‘श्रु’ → ‘viśruta’ = renowned; विशेषणम् (brahmā)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्)

• kālāgnirudra: Kālāgnirudra
• kālāgnirudra: Predicate/Name (संज्ञा/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘कालाग्निः’ (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोगः) + ‘रुद्रः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) → ‘कालाग्निरुद्र’

• iti: thus (called)
• iti: Quotative marker (इति-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निर्देशे)

• tava: your
• tava: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम्

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• prakīrtitam: was proclaimed
• prakīrtitam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) √kīrt ‘कीर्त्’ with pra-; विशेषणम् (nāma)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator listing Śiva’s names aligned with Brahmā’s designations)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Second phase: Padmabhū-Brahmā on lotus; Śiva as Kālāgnirudra appears as a towering fiery Rudra, haloed by flames, embodying time’s consuming power; Prabhāsa’s coastal shrine stands resilient amid cosmic fire imagery.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Padmabhū
• Kālāgnirudra
• Rudra
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time and dissolution are not random forces; they are expressions of Rudra’s cosmic governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, by extolling the universal forms and names of its Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is primarily theological, supporting nāma-smaraṇa (remembrance of divine names).