Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रमासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सोमेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुश्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame pramāsakṣetramāhātmye someśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইভাবে শ্রীস্কন্দ মহাপুরাণের একাশীতিসাহস্রী সংহিতার সপ্তম প্রভাসখণ্ডে, প্রভাসক্ষেত্রমাহাত্ম্যের প্রথম ভাগে ‘সোমেশ্বর-মাহাত্ম্য-বর্ণন’ নামক চুয়াল্লিশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত।

Word by Word

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

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; ‘श्रीस्कन्द’ इति ग्रन्थ/पुराण-नाम

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्—‘(having) eighty-one thousand (verses)’ इत्यर्थे

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal from सप्तन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

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

• pramāsakṣetramāhātmye: in (the section) ‘Pramāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya’
• pramāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रमास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; शीर्षक-नाम

• someśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Someśvara
• someśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: someśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; सोमेश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; अध्याय-शीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः (appositive particle ‘called/namely’)

• catuścatvāriṃśaḥ: forty-fourth
• catuścatvāriṃśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥ-catvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक; चतुः + चत्वारिंशत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; संख्यावाचकः—‘44th’ (ordinal sense)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon (scribal/editorial closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara-māhātmya (chapter colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes conclude a chapter, writing the title ‘Someshvara-māhātmya-varṇanam’ and the chapter number, with a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual marker, formally concluding the chapter devoted to Someśvara’s sacred greatness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with emphasis on Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a colophon summarizing the chapter’s placement and title.