Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

द्वितीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा पद्मभूरिति विश्रुतः । तदा कालाग्निरुद्रेति नाम प्रोक्तं शुभेंऽबिके

Transliteration

dvitīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā padmabhūriti viśrutaḥ | tadā kālāgnirudreti nāma proktaṃ śubheṃ'bike

Translation

Sa ikalawang yugto, nang si Brahmā ay tanyag bilang Padmabhū (isinilang mula sa lotus), noon, O mapalad na Ambikā, ipinahayag ang banal na Pangalan ng Panginoon bilang “Kālāgnirudra” (si Rudra, Apoy ng Panahon).

Word by Word

• dvitīyaḥ: the second
• dvitīyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• padmabhūḥ: Padmabhū (lotus-born)
• padmabhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmabhū (प्रातिपदिक: padma + bhū)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (padmāt bhavati = born from the lotus)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निरूपणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• viśrutaḥ: was renowned
• viśrutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (well-known)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• kālāgnirudra: Kālāgnirudra
• kālāgnirudra: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālāgnirudra (प्रातिपदिक: kāla + agni + rudra)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (kālāgni-रुद्रः)

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

• nāma: as the name
• nāma: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘नाम’ इति नामनिर्देशे

• proktam: was declared
• proktam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + pra + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was said)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् संबोधन

• ambike: O Ambikā
• ambike: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa (as Kālāgnirudra in the second cycle)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ambikā/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Somnātha liṅga appears wreathed in flames of time; a cosmic horizon shows worlds dissolving into fire, yet the sanctum remains the axis of transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī (Ambikā)
• Brahmā (Padmabhū)
• Kālāgnirudra
• Somanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the transcendent power of Time itself; His name reveals His function as the purifier and dissolver of all impermanence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Lord is remembered as Kālāgnirudra in a particular cosmic phase.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is part of a māhātmya-style enumeration of divine names.