Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
कृते हेरंबनामा तु त्रेतायां विघ्नमर्द्दनः । लंबोदरो द्वापरे तु कपर्द्दी तु कलौ स्मृतः
kṛte heraṃbanāmā tu tretāyāṃ vighnamarddanaḥ | laṃbodaro dvāpare tu kaparddī tu kalau smṛtaḥ
کرت یُگ میں اُس کا نام ہیرمب ہے؛ تریتا میں وِگھن مردن؛ دواپر میں لمبودر؛ اور کَلی میں اُسے کپردّی کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kaparddī (Kali-yuga epithet in Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A four-panel temporal tableau: Kṛta—Heramba; Tretā—Vighnamardana; Dvāpara—Lambodara; Kali—Kaparddī, each shown as a distinct iconographic mood while sharing a common divine aura.
FAQs
Divine compassion adapts to time: the same Lord is praised through different names and functions across the yugas.
The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking Kaparddī especially to Kali-yuga practice.
Name-based devotion is implied—invoking the appropriate epithets of Vighneśvara, especially Kaparddī in Kali-yuga.