Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये केत्वीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णननामैकपंचाशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ketvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇananāmaikapaṃcāśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das einundfünfzigste Kapitel, genannt „Die Darstellung der Größe Ketvīśvaras“, im Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa—innerhalb der Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya—des ehrwürdigen Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, in der Saṃhitā von einundachtzigtausend (Versen).

Word by Word

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

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कान्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

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

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

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

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

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ketvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇananāmaikapaṃcāśaḥ: (the) fifty-first, named 'Description of Ketvīśvara Māhātmya'
• ketvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇananāmaikapaṃcāśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ketvīśvara-māhātmya-varṇana-nāma-eka-paṃcāśa (प्रातिपदिक; केत्वीश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन + नाम + एक + पञ्चाशत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्यायस्य)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देश (heading)

Speaker

Colophon / editorial closure (not a dialogue utterance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ketvīśvara (chapter subject) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude the chapter ‘Ketvīśvara-māhātmya’; palm-leaf or paper folios, ink-pot, and a small shrine silhouette in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya
• Ketvīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon that authenticates and names the chapter; it functions as textual structure rather than moral instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically through the chapter devoted to Ketvīśvara’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is a formal chapter-ending notice.