Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयऽर्बुदखण्डे गंगाधरतीर्थमाहात्म्य वर्णनंनामैकषष्टितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīya'rbudakhaṇḍe gaṃgādharatīrthamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das einundsechzigste Kapitel, betitelt „Beschreibung der Herrlichkeit des Gaṅgādhara-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/समाप्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle/इति-शब्दः)

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

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

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

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• gaṃgādharatīrthamāhātmya: the greatness of Gaṅgādhara-tīrtha
• gaṃgādharatīrthamāhātmya: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃgā-dhara-tīrtha-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; गङ्गा + धर + तीर्थ + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासपद (title-element)

• varṇanam: description
• varṇanam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-शब्द

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-शब्दः; title-marker/इति-भावे)

• ekaṣaṣṭitamaḥ: sixty-first
• ekaṣaṣṭitamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka-ṣaṣṭi-tama (प्रातिपदिक; एक + षष्टि + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

Speaker

Colophon / Redactional marker (not a narrative speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgādhara Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style ending: scribal colophon announcing the completion of the Gaṅgādhara-tīrtha-māhātmya chapter within the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Gaṅgādhara Tīrtha
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, affirming the authority and chapter focus of the tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgādhara Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending colophon.