Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 307

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभास खंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्स्येऽपरनारायणमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तोत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātsye'paranārāyaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im ehrwürdigen Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa—innerhalb der Ekāśītisāhasrī-Saṃhitā, im siebten Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa), im ersten Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya—das dreihundertsiebte Kapitel mit dem Titel „Darlegung der Größe Aparanārāyaṇas“.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; ‘holy’ + ‘Skanda’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; ‘eighty-one’ + ‘thousand’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying saṃhitāyām)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying khaṇḍe)

• prabhāsa: Prabhāsa
• prabhāsa: Sambandha (Genitival relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण (as prior member with khaṇḍe)

• khaṇḍe: in the section (khaṇḍa)
• khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying māhātmye)

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the ‘Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• aparanārāyaṇamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Apara-Nārāyaṇa
• aparanārāyaṇamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karma (Appositional title/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara-nārāyaṇa-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (singular); शीर्षक-रूपेण (as title element)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नाम-शब्दः (title marker: ‘named/called’)

• saptottaratriśatatamaḥ: three-hundred-and-seventh
• saptottaratriśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta-uttara-triśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seven’ + ‘over’ + ‘three hundred’ + ordinal suffix -tama)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Redactional colophon (compiler/narrator marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aparanārāyaṇa (chapter title reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing: scribal colophon announcing the end of chapter 307, ‘Aparanārāyaṇa-māhātmya-varṇana’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya
• Aparanārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, marking the completion of a Māhātmya unit devoted to Aparanārāyaṇa’s sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Aparanārāyaṇa-related narrative within its Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a colophon summarizing the textual placement and chapter title.