Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

कैलासनिलयश्चाहं त्वया सार्द्धं वरानने । क्रीडामि तव देवेशि यावत्कल्पावसानकम्

Transliteration

kailāsanilayaścāhaṃ tvayā sārddhaṃ varānane | krīḍāmi tava deveśi yāvatkalpāvasānakam

Translation

我居于凯拉萨（Kailāsa）；与你同在，噢容颜姝丽者，我与汝行于神圣的嬉戏（līlā），噢女神，直至劫尽之时。

Word by Word

• कैलासनिलयः: (one) whose abode is Kailāsa / Kailāsa-dweller
• कैलासनिलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास + निलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वया: with you/by you
• त्वया: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘वरम् आननं यस्याः सा’

• क्रीडामि: I play/sport
• क्रीडामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• देवेशि: O goddess, ruler of gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ईशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time limit/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (until/as long as)

• कल्पावसानकम्: the end of the kalpa
• कल्पावसानकम्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + अवसानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे कालावधि (as extent)

Speaker

Śiva (explicit by first-person and Kailāsa reference)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Kailāsa invoked as cosmic reference)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares his dwelling on Kailāsa and his eternal sportive līlā with Devī until kalpa’s end—an image of timeless divine domesticity and cosmic stability.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Śiva
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine couple’s līlā sustains cosmic order across ages; devotion sees the universe as held within sacred presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While Kailāsa is mentioned as Śiva’s abode, the teaching occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is theological, emphasizing līlā and kalpa-duration.