Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 281

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये च्यवनेश्वर माहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकाशीत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvara māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইভাবে শ্রীস্কন্দ মহাপুরাণের একাশীতিসাহস্রী সংহিতার সপ্তম প্রভাসখণ্ডের প্রথম প্রভাসক্ষেত্র-মাহাত্ম্যে ‘চ্যবনেশ্বর-মাহাত্ম্য-বর্ণন’ নামক দুইশ একাশি অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

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

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa section
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभासखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the ‘Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• च्यवनेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: the narration of the glory of Cyavaneśvara
• च्यवनेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवनेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णन (प्रातिपदिक; च्यवन-ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• नाम: named; called
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः (designation marker)

• एकाशीत्युत्तरद्विशततमः: the 281st
• एकाशीत्युत्तरद्विशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीत्युत्तरद्विशततम (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्यायस्य)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara-māhātmya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing panel: scribal colophon with auspicious symbols, indicating the end of the Cyavaneśvara-māhātmya chapter.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsakhaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Cyavaneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, signaling the completion of a kṣetra-māhātmya unit centered on Cyavaneśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Cyavaneśvara Māhātmya within it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a structural colophon identifying the chapter and its placement.