Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखंडे ब्रह्मपदोत्पत्तिमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe brahmapadotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tripañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the fifty-third chapter, called “The Account of the Origin and Greatness of Brahmā’s Footprint,” in the third Arbuda Khaṇḍa of the seventh Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

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

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘श्रीस्कन्दे’ = in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; संहितायाः विशेषणम् (qualifier of saṃhitāyām)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; खण्डे विशेषणम् (qualifier of khaṇḍe)

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

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; खण्डे विशेषणम् (qualifier of arbudakhaṇḍe)

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• brahmapadotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of the origin of Brahma’s abode/position
• brahmapadotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-pada-utpatti-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्म + पद + उत्पत्ति + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम-शब्दस्य विशेष्यं (title-content)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘नाम’ (designation marker = “called/named”)

• tripańcāśattamaḥ: fifty-third
• tripańcāśattamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-pañcāśat-tama (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + पञ्चाशत् + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; अध्यायः विशेषणम् (qualifier of adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Colophon / Redactorial closing

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmapada (topic of the concluded chapter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style colophon: scribal flourish, chapter title highlighted, sacred syllables marking completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Brahmapada
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a chapter colophon; it primarily authenticates and names the māhātmya being transmitted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmapada (Brahmā’s footprint), as indicated by the chapter title.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a textual closing formula identifying the chapter and its theme.