Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

द्वितीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा पद्मभूरिति विश्रुतः । तदा कालाग्निरुद्रेति नाम प्रोक्तं शुभेंऽबिके

Transliteration

dvitīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā padmabhūriti viśrutaḥ | tadā kālāgnirudreti nāma proktaṃ śubheṃ'bike

Translation

Trong chu kỳ thứ hai, khi Phạm Thiên được xưng tụng là Padmabhū (Đấng sinh từ hoa sen), bấy giờ, ôi Ambikā cát tường, danh hiệu của Thượng Chủ được tuyên xưng là “Kālāgnirudra” (Rudra—Ngọn lửa của Thời gian).

Word by Word

• dvitīyaḥ: the second
• dvitīyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• padmabhūḥ: Padmabhū (lotus-born)
• padmabhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmabhū (प्रातिपदिक: padma + bhū)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (padmāt bhavati = born from the lotus)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निरूपणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• viśrutaḥ: was renowned
• viśrutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (well-known)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• kālāgnirudra: Kālāgnirudra
• kālāgnirudra: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālāgnirudra (प्रातिपदिक: kāla + agni + rudra)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (kālāgni-रुद्रः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय

• nāma: as the name
• nāma: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘नाम’ इति नामनिर्देशे

• proktam: was declared
• proktam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + pra + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was said)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् संबोधन

• ambike: O Ambikā
• ambike: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa (as Kālāgnirudra in the second cycle)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ambikā/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Somnātha liṅga appears wreathed in flames of time; a cosmic horizon shows worlds dissolving into fire, yet the sanctum remains the axis of transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī (Ambikā)
• Brahmā (Padmabhū)
• Kālāgnirudra
• Somanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the transcendent power of Time itself; His name reveals His function as the purifier and dissolver of all impermanence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Lord is remembered as Kālāgnirudra in a particular cosmic phase.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is part of a māhātmya-style enumeration of divine names.