Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

कल्पेश्वरेति देवस्य चंद्रनाथेत्यनन्तरम् । नाम देवस्य यद्भावि सांप्रतं ते प्रकाशितम्

Transliteration

kalpeśvareti devasya caṃdranāthetyanantaram | nāma devasya yadbhāvi sāṃprataṃ te prakāśitam

Translation

پھر خداوند کا نام ‘کلپیشور’ ہوگا، اور اس کے بعد ‘چندر ناتھ’۔ دیوتا کے جو نام آنے والے ہیں، وہ اب تم پر آشکار کر دیے گئے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• kalpeśvara: (name) Kalpeśvara, lord of the aeon
• kalpeśvara: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया? एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पस्य ईश्वरः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• caṃdranātha: (name) Candranātha, lord of the moon
• caṃdranātha: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया? एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रस्य नाथः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• anantaram: next, thereafter
• anantaram: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणम् (next/immediately after)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘name’

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (which/that)

• bhāvi: future, forthcoming
• bhāvi: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (future/that will be)

• sāṃpratam: now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (now/at present)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी? एकवचन; एतस्मिन् वाक्ये चतुर्थी (to you) अधिकयुक्ता

• prakāśitam: revealed, made known
• prakāśitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√kāś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘revealed/made known’

Speaker

Unnamed narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (contextually concluding the list of Śiva’s names at Prabhāsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dialogue recipient (sage/pilgrim audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene night at Prabhāsa: moonlight over the sea, a liṅga in the shrine crowned by a crescent motif; behind, a vast cosmic calendar/kalpa wheel faintly visible, indicating Kalpeśvara; the narrator concludes the revelation to the listener.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpeśvara
• Candranātha
• Śiva
• Candra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine revelation in a tīrtha context frames Śiva as Lord of cosmic cycles (kalpas) and as intimately linked with the Moon (Candranātha).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a place where the Lord’s identities and praises are authoritatively disclosed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the verse functions as a doctrinal disclosure supporting worship via names (nāma-upāsanā).