Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
देवि तस्यैव नामानि कल्पेकल्पे भवंति वै । अनादिनिधनान्येव संभवन्ति पुनःपुनः
devi tasyaiva nāmāni kalpekalpe bhavaṃti vai | anādinidhanānyeva saṃbhavanti punaḥpunaḥ
اے دیوی! اسی کے نام ہر ہر کلپ میں ظاہر ہوتے ہیں؛ بے آغاز اور بے انجام ہو کر وہ بار بار جلوہ گر ہوتے رہتے ہیں۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Goddess)
Scene: A cosmic tableau of kalpa-cycles: a radiant Viṣṇu-form whose many names appear as luminous syllables emerging and dissolving like waves of time, with Prabhāsa’s shoreline-temple silhouette in the distance.
FAQs
Divinity is timeless; names and manifestations recur across cosmic cycles, sustaining dharma in every age.
Indirectly tied to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra discourse; the verse is chiefly cosmological/theological about divine names.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on understanding the eternal recurrence of divine epithets.