Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां प्रथमे माहेश्वरखण्डे कौमारिकाखण्डे कोटितीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe koṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইভাবে শ্রীস্কন্দ মহাপুরাণের একাশীতিসাহস্রী সংহিতার প্রথম মাহেশ্বরখণ্ডের কৌমারিকাখণ্ডে ‘কোটিতীর্থ-মাহাত্ম্য-বর্ণন’ নামক দ্বিপঞ্চাশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

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

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

• māheśvarakhaṇḍe: in the Māheśvara section
• māheśvarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māheśvara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; माहेश्वर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• kaumārikākhaṇḍe: in the Kaumārikā section
• kaumārikākhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaumārikā-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; कौमारिका + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• koṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Koṭitīrtha
• koṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi-tīrtha-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; कोटि + तीर्थ + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नामधेयम् (title as nominative)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle meaning ‘named/called’)

• dvipañcāśattamaḥ: fifty-second
• dvipañcāśattamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi-pañcāśat-tama (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + पञ्चाशत् + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure (not a dialogue speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing scene: sages seated in a forest āśrama, palm-leaf manuscript and ink-pot present; the title ‘Koṭitīrtha-māhātmya’ visually inscribed, with a distant glimpse of a sacred waterbody and Śiva emblematic presence.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Māheśvarakhaṇḍa
• Kaumārikākhaṇḍa
• Koṭitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a structural colophon indicating completion of the Koṭitīrtha-māhātmya chapter rather than a doctrinal teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha, named as the subject of the chapter that has just concluded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending identification statement.