Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पुष्करमाहात्म्ये रामेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकादशोत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye puṣkaramāhātmye rāmeśvarakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa—im Kompendium von einundachtzigtausend Versen—im siebten Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, im ersten Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, im Puṣkara-māhātmya, das einhundertelfte Kapitel mit dem Titel: „Beschreibung der Größe des heiligen Gebietes von Rāmeśvara“.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणार्थक

• śrī-skāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (ग्रन्थनाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कान्दः)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) collection
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः) ‘संहिता’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

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

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

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य खण्डः)

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (माहात्म्ये इति विशेष्य)

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• puṣkara-māhātmye: in the Puṣkara Māhātmya
• puṣkara-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुष्करस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• rāmeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of the Rāmeśvara sacred field
• rāmeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāmeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रामेश्वरक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्)

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

• ekādaśa-uttara-śatatamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-eleventh
• ekādaśa-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शततमः + एकादशोत्तरः = 111वाँ) ‘अध्यायः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara-kṣetra (within Puṣkara-māhātmya; Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter completes a chapter; palm-leaf manuscript ends with a formal colophon; a temple library or āśrama setting conveys preservation of sacred geography through text.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Puṣkara
• Rāmeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon: it authenticates and locates the teaching within the Purāṇic map of sacred geography and transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara-kṣetra is the named focus; Puṣkara and Prabhāsa-kṣetra are the enclosing sacred contexts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this verse functions as a formal chapter conclusion and cataloging statement.