Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तेन शब्देन महता मम मूर्त्तिः समुत्थिता । कल्कलेश्वरनामेति ततो लिंगं प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

tena śabdena mahatā mama mūrttiḥ samutthitā | kalkaleśvaranāmeti tato liṃgaṃ prakīrtitam

Translation

Dahil sa napakalakas na tunog na iyon, ang Aking nahayag na anyo ay sumibol; kaya ang liṅga ay nakilala sa pangalang “Kalkaleśvara.”

Word by Word

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• śabdena: by the sound
• śabdena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• mahatā: great
• mahatā: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् शब्दस्य

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mūrttiḥ: form/manifestation
• mūrttiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• samutthitā: arose/manifested
• samutthitā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + ut + sthā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि ("arose")

• kalkaleśvaranāma: the name 'Kalkaleśvara'
• kalkaleśvaranāma: Karma (Object of 'iti'/naming/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalkaleśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कल्कलेश्वरस्य नाम)

• iti: thus/as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative)

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण

• liṅgam: the liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually प्रथमा as subject of passive predicate), एकवचन

• prakīrtitam: was proclaimed/declared
• prakīrtitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि ("was proclaimed")

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person 'mama mūrttiḥ' within a Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalkaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the cresting roar of celestial sound, a radiant liṅga-form rises/appears; the air is thick with vibrating sound-waves, and the newly revealed shrine-space seems to crystallize around the manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kalkaleśvara
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence becomes tangible in a tīrtha when the Lord wills; the liṅga is celebrated as a living sign of Śiva’s manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the liṅga known as Kalkaleśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated here; the verse establishes the sanctity and name of the liṅga as the basis for later worship.