Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये विमलेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पञ्चपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vimaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el sagrado Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—en la Saṃhitā de ochenta y un mil versos—en el séptimo libro, el Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, en la primera parte, el Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, concluye el capítulo quincuagésimo quinto, llamado “Descripción de la Grandeza de Vimaleśvara”.

Word by Word

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

• 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; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• 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

• prabhāsakhaṃḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṃḍe: 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 ‘Glory 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

• vimaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Vimaleśvara
• vimaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimala-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; विमलेश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as title)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘नाम’ (naming particle/‘called’)

• pañcapañcāśaḥ: fifty-fifth
• pañcapañcāśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca-pañcāśat (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

Colophon / redactional marker (not a narrative speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter concludes the chapter, marking the end-title 'Vimaleśvara-māhātmya-varṇana' with reverence; the manuscript colophon is highlighted.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya
• Vimaleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its function is to preserve textual lineage and chapter identification rather than teach doctrine directly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vimaleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (by chapter title reference).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is an editorial conclusion identifying the chapter.