Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखंडे कनखलतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षङ्विंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe kanakhalatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṅviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das sechsundzwanzigste Kapitel, genannt „Beschreibung der Größe des Kanakhala-tīrtha“, im dritten Arbuda-Khaṇḍa des siebten Prabhāsa-Khaṇḍa des Śrī Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, in der Ekāśītisāhasrī-Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/वाक्यसमाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्तिसमाप्तिसूचक) — ‘thus’

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘श्री’ (honorific) + ‘स्कन्द’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative: ‘in the Śrī Skanda…’)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (usage), सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक): ‘एकाशीतिः’ (81) + ‘साहस्री’ (thousand-fold/collection); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (qualifying saṃhitāyām)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रमवाचक विशेषण; पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन (qualifying prabhāsakhaṇḍe)

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/नामधारय): ‘प्रभास’ + ‘खण्ड’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रमवाचक विशेषण; पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन (qualifying arbudakhaṇḍe)

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘अर्बुद’ + ‘खण्ड’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• kanakhala-tīrtha-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Kanakhala Tīrtha
• kanakhala-tīrtha-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Title/प्रथमा-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanakhala (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/संबन्ध): ‘कनखल-तीर्थ’ (Kanakhala pilgrimage-place) + ‘माहात्म्य’ (greatness) + ‘वर्णन’ (description); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निर्देशक) — ‘named/called’

• ṣaṅviṃśaḥ: twenty-sixth
• ṣaṅviṃśaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaḍ-viṃśati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु/संख्यावाचक: ‘षड्’ + ‘विंशति’ = 26; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakhala-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: a scribe’s colophon panel naming the chapter and tīrtha-māhātmya, with a small vignette of the tīrtha ghat in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Kanakhala-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking the completion of the Kanakhala-tīrtha Māhātmya chapter rather than a doctrinal verse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakhala-tīrtha, explicitly named as the subject of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a formal chapter-ending statement.