Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

पूर्वकल्पे श्रिया वृत्तो वामनस्तु द्वितीयके । वज्रांगस्तु तृतीये वै तुरीये कमलाप्रियः

Transliteration

pūrvakalpe śriyā vṛtto vāmanastu dvitīyake | vajrāṃgastu tṛtīye vai turīye kamalāpriyaḥ

Translation

پہلے کلپ میں وہ “شِریا ورتّ” کہلایا؛ دوسرے میں “وامن”؛ تیسرے میں یقیناً “وجر آنگ”؛ اور چوتھے میں “کملہ پریہ” (لکشمی کا محبوب)۔

Word by Word

• पूर्वकल्पे: in the former kalpa
• पूर्वकल्पे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (previous kalpa)

• श्रिया: by/with (the name) Śrī
• श्रिया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• वृत्तः: was (known as)/occurred
• वृत्तः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) → वृत्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• द्वितीयके: in the second (kalpa)
• द्वितीयके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वज्राङ्गः: Vajrāṅga
• वज्राङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय (vajra-like-bodied)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• तृतीये: in the third (kalpa)
• तृतीये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• तुरीये: in the fourth (kalpa)
• तुरीये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कमलाप्रियः: Kamalāpriya (beloved of Lakṣmī)
• कमलाप्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमला (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (beloved of Kamalā/Śrī)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the given snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-panel kalpa sequence: the same radiant deity shown with subtle iconographic shifts, each panel labeled with the epithet—Śriyā-vṛtta, Vāmana, Vajrāṅga, Kamalāpriya—set against a continuous Prabhāsa coastal horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Vāmana
• Vajrāṅga
• Kamalāpriya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is one, yet is praised through many names and forms across cosmic cycles; devotion deepens by remembering these sacred epithets.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a field of divine manifestation where the Lord’s greatness is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; the verse functions as nāma-smaraṇa (recollection of divine names) within the Māhātmya.