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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभास खण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सावित्रीव्रतविधिपूजनप्रकारोद्यापनादिकथनंनाम षट्षष्ट्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye sāvitrīvratavidhipūjanaprakārodyāpanādikathanaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

هكذا ينتهي، في «سكاندا مهابورانا» الموقَّر—ضمن مجموعة الواحد والثمانين ألف شلوكة—في القسم السابع «برابهاسا خَنْدَه»، وفي الجزء الأول «ماهَاتْمْيَا برابهاساكشيترا»، الفصل السادس والستون بعد المئة المعنون: «سردُ طريقة نذر ساڤيتري (Sāvitrī-vrata)، وكيفية العبادة، وطقوس الإتمام (udyāpana)، وما يتصل بذلك».

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यादि-निपात (quotative/end marker)
śrī-skāndein the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrī-skānde:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कान्दः)
mahā-purāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahā-purāṇe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः
ekāśīti-sāhasryāmin the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
ekāśīti-sāhasryām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti (प्रातिपदिक, संख्या) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (एकाशीतिसहस्री)
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण
saptamein the seventh
saptame:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक, क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (खण्डे इत्यस्य)
prabhāsa-khaṇḍein the Prabhāsa section
prabhāsa-khaṇḍe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासस्य खण्डः)
prathamein the first
prathame:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक, क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (माहात्म्ये इत्यस्य)
prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmyein the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)
sāvitrī-vrata-vidhi-pūjana-prakāra-udyāpana-ādi-kathanamthe narration of the rite of Sāvitrī-vow, worship procedure, concluding rite, etc.
sāvitrī-vrata-vidhi-pūjana-prakāra-udyāpana-ādi-kathanam:
Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootsāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjana (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāra (प्रातिपदिक) + udyāpana (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (…कथनम्)
nāmanamed/called
nāma:
Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (designation marker: "called")
ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi-uttara-śata-tamaḥthe one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth
ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi-uttara-śata-tamaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṭṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक, संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रातिपदिक, superlative suffix)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (अध्यायः इत्यस्य); समासार्थः—शतस्योत्तरं षट्षष्टिः (i.e., 166th)
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देश (heading)
Speaker

Colophon / Redactorial closure (not a dialogue line)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter colophon)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing scene: a scribe or reciter before an audience, with a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background; a ceremonial lamp indicating completion of a chapter and the udyāpana theme.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
P
Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
P
Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
S
Sāvitrī-vrata
U
Udyāpana

FAQs

It is a textual colophon marking completion, preserving the tradition’s organization and the chapter’s focus on vrata and worship procedure.

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the overarching māhātmya section for this chapter.

The chapter topic: Sāvitrī-vrata procedure, worship method (pūjā-prakāra), and concluding rite (udyāpana).

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