Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं तु महा कालेश्वरं हि तत् । चित्रांगदेश्वरं नाम तेन ख्यातं धरातले

Transliteration

divyābdānāṃ sahasraṃ tu mahā kāleśvaraṃ hi tat | citrāṃgadeśvaraṃ nāma tena khyātaṃ dharātale

Translation

ہزار دیویہ برسوں تک وہ لِنگ واقعی مہاکالیشور ہی کے طور پر قائم رہا۔ اسی سبب زمین پر وہ ‘چِترانگدیشور’ کے نام سے مشہور ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• divya-abdānām: of divine years
• divya-abdānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + abda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘दिव्याः अब्दाः’ (divine years)

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Karma/Pramana (Measure/कर्म-प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-नाम

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• mahā: great
• mahā: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (here as part of name)

• kāleśvaram: Kāleśvara
• kāleśvaram: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘कालस्य ईश्वरः’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• citrāṃgadeśvaram: Citrāṃgadeśvara
• citrāṃgadeśvaram: Karta/Predicate-noun (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citrāṃgada (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘चित्रांगदस्य ईश्वरः’

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोगः ‘नाम’ (indeclinable marker: by name)

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

• khyātam: became renowned, was known
• khyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √khyā (धातु; ख्या)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dharā-tale: on the surface of the earth
• dharā-tale: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘धरायाः तलम्’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāṅgadeśvara (Mahākāleśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A timeless tableau: the liṅga enduring through a thousand divine years, with subtle visual markers of yuga-cycles; the name ‘Citrāṅgadeśvara’ inscribed or proclaimed by celestial beings as the shrine’s fame spreads on earth.

Characters & Entities

• Mahā-Kāleśvara
• Citrāṅgadeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣetra traditions preserve sacred memory: names of liṅgas encode devotional history and divine time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahā-Kāleśvara/Citrāṅgadeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains the etymology and fame of the shrine’s name.