Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये रत्नेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकोनषष्ट्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل التاسع والخمسون بعد المئة، المسمّى «وصف عظمة رَتْنِيشْوَرَ»، في برابهاسا-خَنْدَ (الكتاب السابع) من السِّكَنْدَ مهاپورانا المقدّس، ضمن «مهاطمية برابهاساكشيترا».

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal adjective)

• prabhāsakhaṃḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṃḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ratneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Ratneśvara
• ratneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विषय/शीर्षकवाचक (title-noun)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (naming particle)

• ekonaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth
• ekonaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona-ṣaṣṭi-uttara-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara (chapter topic)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter concludes a chapter; palm-leaf manuscript or birch-bark folios shown with the title ‘Ratneśvara-māhātmya’; temple silhouette of Somnātha/Prabhāsa in the background to link text and place.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya
• Ratneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its function is to authenticate and delimit the chapter devoted to Ratneśvara’s māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara within the broader Prabhāsa-kṣetra glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a structural closing statement for the chapter.