Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 203

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये मंकीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्र्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye maṃkīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertdritte Kapitel, genannt „Die Beschreibung der Größe Maṃkīśvaras“, im Prabhāsa-Khaṇḍa — innerhalb der Prabhāsa-kṣetra-Māhātmya — des Śrī Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, in der Saṃhitā von einundachtzigtausend Versen.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the ‘Glory of the Prabhāsa sacred field’
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• maṃkīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Maṃkīśvara
• maṃkīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃkīśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; मंकीश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• tryuttaradviśatatamaḥ: the 203rd
• tryuttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

Speaker

Redactor/Colophon voice (textual closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara (chapter title reference)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter concludes a chapter, marking the end-title ‘Maṃkīśvara-māhātmya-varṇana’ within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa; palm-leaf manuscript and ritual reading setting.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Maṃkīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its purpose is textual authentication and section identification rather than direct instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṃkīśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as indicated by the chapter title in the colophon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; colophons function as editorial markers (adhyāya-ending statements).