Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जामदग्न्येश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकविंशत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jāmadagnyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das einhunderteinundzwanzigste Kapitel, genannt „Beschreibung der Größe Jāmadagnyeśvaras“, im Prabhāsa-Khaṇḍa—innerhalb der Prabhāsakṣetra-Māhātmya—des ehrwürdigen Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, in der Sammlung von einundachtzigtausend Versen.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• śrī-skānde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ग्रन्थ-निर्देशे अधिकरणम्

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

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) [collection]
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (numerical qualifier)

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

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

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred place
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• jāmadagnya-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Jāmadagnyeśvara
• jāmadagnya-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षकवाचक (title phrase)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (particle meaning 'named/called')

• eka-viṃśati-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-twenty-first
• eka-viṃśati-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + tama (तद्धित/क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal: 121st)

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

Speaker

Colophon / redactional marker

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāmadagnyeśvara-māhātmya (chapter title)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter concludes the chapter; palm-leaf manuscripts and a temple backdrop suggest the transmission of Prabhāsa’s māhātmya; the title ‘Jāmadagnyeśvara-māhātmya’ is visually inscribed.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Jāmadagnyeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; it preserves the textual boundary and title of the māhātmya section rather than giving a new teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Jāmadagnyeśvara māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as a chapter-ending identification.