Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये धनदेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षट्पञ्चाशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye dhanadeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das sechsundfünfzigste Kapitel, genannt „Die Beschreibung der Herrlichkeit Dhanadeśvaras“, im ersten Teil, dem Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, innerhalb der siebten Abteilung, dem Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, des Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in der Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

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

• dhanadeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Dhanadeśvara
• dhanadeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanada-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; धनद + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as title)

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

• ṣaṭpañcāśaḥ: fifty-sixth
• ṣaṭpañcāśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭpañcāśat (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanadeśvara (chapter title reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe completes a palm-leaf manuscript, writing the chapter colophon; behind him, a faint vision of Prabhāsa shrine indicates the text’s sacred setting.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsakhaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya
• Dhanadeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking completion; it frames the preceding teaching as authoritative māhātmya of a sacred site and deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically via the Dhanadeśvara Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a textual closing statement identifying the chapter and its topic.