Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखंडे मनुष्यतीर्थप्रभाव वर्णनंनामाष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe manuṣyatīrthaprabhāva varṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, called “The Description of the Glory of Manuṣya Tīrtha,” in the third Arbuda Khaṇḍa, within the seventh Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the Saṃhitā of eighty-one thousand verses.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; समासः—श्री + स्कन्द (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; समासः—महा + पुराण

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतिसाहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण; समासः—एकाशीतिः + साहस्री (81-thousand)

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

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa section
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभासखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; समासः—प्रभासस्य खण्डः

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• अर्बुदखण्डे: in the Arbuda section
• अर्बुदखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुदखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; समासः—अर्बुदस्य खण्डः

• मनुष्यतीर्थप्रभाव: the greatness of the Manuṣya-tīrtha
• मनुष्यतीर्थप्रभाव: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य + तीर्थ + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; समासः—मनुष्यतीर्थस्य प्रभावः

• वर्णनम्: description
• वर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (designation marker)

• अष्टाविंशः: twenty-eighth
• अष्टाविंशः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; संख्यावाचक; समासः—अष्टा + विंशतिः (28th)

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

Speaker

Redactor/Colophon (textual closing formula; not a narrative speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Manuṣya Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: a scribe concludes the chapter title 'Manuṣya Tīrtha-prabhāva' with decorative flourishes; in the background, a faint vignette of the tīrtha as a seal of completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Manuṣya Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon marking completion of a tīrtha-māhātmya section, emphasizing that the preceding teaching is a formal, preserved Purāṇic account.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Manuṣya Tīrtha (the chapter title explicitly names it).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as a textual closure identifying the chapter and its subject.