Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमेप्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये चण्डीशमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामद्विचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathameprabhāsakṣetramāhātmye caṇḍīśamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmadvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweiundvierzigste Kapitel, genannt „Beschreibung der Größe Caṇḍīśas“, im Prabhāsa-Khaṇḍa—innerhalb der Prabhāsakṣetra-Māhātmya—des ehrwürdigen Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, in der Ekāśītisāhasrī-Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so ends
• iti: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotation/closure particle

• śrī-skāṃde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); समास: śrīmān skāndaḥ ‘in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)’

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); ‘in the great Purāṇa’

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); viśeṣaṇa of saṃhitāyām; द्विगु-समास: ekāśītisahasrāṇi yasyāḥ (saṃhitā) ‘in the (saṃhitā) of 81,000 (verses)’

• saṃhitāyām: in the compendium (saṃhitā)
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.)/Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); ordinal; viśeṣaṇa of prabhāsakhaṇḍe

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); समास: prabhāsasya khaṇḍaḥ ‘in the Prabhāsa section’

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.)/Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); ordinal; viśeṣaṇa of prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in (the chapter on) the greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); समास: prabhāsasya kṣetram → tasya māhātmyaṃ ‘in (the section) on the greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’

• caṇḍīśa-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of Caṇḍīśa’s greatness
• caṇḍīśa-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍīśa (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); समास: caṇḍīśasya māhātmyaṃ tasya varṇanam ‘description of the greatness of Caṇḍīśa’

• nāma: named
• nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (Title marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya-kalpa usage; ‘named/called’ (nāma-śabda as title marker)

• dvi-catuvāriṃśaḥ: forty-second
• dvi-catuvāriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + catuvāriṃśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); ordinal sense ‘forty-second’; द्विगु/संख्यासमास

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure statement)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter concludes a chapter; palm-leaf manuscript or bound folios shown with a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background, indicating the end of ‘Caṇḍīśa-māhātmya’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Caṇḍīśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a structural marker: it formally concludes the chapter praising Caṇḍīśa within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the larger sacred setting for the Caṇḍīśa Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a colophon identifying the text, section, and chapter title.