Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

ततः कलियुगे प्राप्ते केलो नाम भविष्यति । मम भक्तस्तस्य नाम्ना भाव्या केलेश्वरीत्यहम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kaliyuge prāpte kelo nāma bhaviṣyati | mama bhaktastasya nāmnā bhāvyā keleśvarītyaham

Translation

随后，当迦梨时代来临，将有一位名为“凯洛”(Kelo)者，为我的虔信者；并因其名，我将被称为“凯勒湿瓦丽”(Keleśvarī)。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then’

• kali-yuge: in the Kali age
• kali-yuge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/time setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Kali age’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• prāpte: when (it) has arrived
• prāpte: Kāla (Temporal circumstance/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — सति-सप्तमी: ‘when (it) has come/arrived’

• kelaḥ: Kela (name)
• kelaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kela (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक अव्यय (particle): ‘named/called’

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपद

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन — सर्वनाम

• bhaktaḥ: devotee
• bhaktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘devotee’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — सर्वनाम

• nāmnā: by the name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by name’

• bhāvyā: will be (as)
• bhāvyā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — विधेय-विशेषण: ‘to be/shall be’ (future sense)

• keleśvarī: Keleśvarī (name)
• keleśvarī: Karta (Predicate noun/नाम-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keleśvarī (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — नाम

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

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — सर्वनाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; the 'I' indicates the local goddess/deity’s self-identification)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Keleśvarī (deity-epithet at the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra/temple (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophecy: in Kali-yuga a devotee named Kelo will arise; the goddess will be known by his name as Keleśvarī, indicating a localized, intimate form of worship.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Kelo
• Keleśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti sanctifies history: the deity accepts and reveals new epithets through the devotion of later ages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the Lohāṇā locale’s later devotional identity centered on the goddess called Keleśvarī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is specified; it forecasts a devotional lineage and the deity’s recognized name in Kali-yuga.