Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 294

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पुष्कर माहात्म्येऽजोगन्धेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुर्णवत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye puṣkara māhātmye'jogandheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturṇavatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الرابع والتسعون بعد المئتين، المعنون «وصف عظمة أجوغندهيشڤرا»، ضمن بوشكرا ماهاتميا في برابهاسا-كشيترا ماهاتميا، في الكتاب السابع «برابهاسا خَنْدَ» من «شري سكاندا مهابورانا»، في السamhitā ذات الواحد والثمانين ألف بيت.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उपसंहारार्थक (indeclinable particle; thus/end)

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) [collection]
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

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

• puṣkara: Puṣkara
• puṣkara: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद/विशेष्यनिर्देश (as qualifier of māhātmye)

• māhātmye: in the Māhātmya
• māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• ajogandheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the Māhātmya of Ajogandheśvara
• ajogandheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Sambandha (Title/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajo-gandha-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; बहुपदसमास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नामधेय (title element)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक निपात (particle indicating ‘named/called’)

• caturṇavatyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: the 294th (two-hundred plus ninety-four)
• caturṇavatyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥ-navati-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Redactor/Colophon (editorial closing formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajogandheśvara (as chapter subject)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters in a temple library setting, palm-leaf manuscripts stacked; a banner-like title ‘Ajogandheśvara-māhātmya’ concluding; lamps lit in a quiet hall.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya
• Puṣkara Māhātmya
• Ajogandheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its purpose is to preserve textual lineage and chapter identity rather than convey a new doctrinal instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ajogandheśvara within the Puṣkara Māhātmya section of Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is an editorial end-of-chapter statement.