Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखंडे वाराहतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकोनविंशोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe vārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaviṃśodhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le dix-neuvième chapitre, intitulé « Description de la grandeur du Tīrtha de Vārāha », dans la troisième subdivision appelée Arbuda Khaṇḍa, au sein de la septième grande section, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, du Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, selon l’Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā (recension de quatre-vingt-un mille vers).

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; iti-śabda (quotative/closing particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikaraṇa (locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular); śrī + skanda (honorific + name)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular)

• ekāśītisāhasryām: (in the) eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Viśeṣaṇa (adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular); saṃkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (qualifying the saṃhitā)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular)

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Viśeṣaṇa (adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular); khaṇḍe iti viśeṣya-anvaya

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular)

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Viśeṣaṇa (adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular); khaṇḍe iti viśeṣya-anvaya

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular)

• vārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Vārāha-tīrtha
• vārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karma/Viṣaya (topic/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārāha-tīrtha-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (singular); multi-member determinative compound

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; nāma-śabda used as title-marker (‘named/called’)

• ekonaviṃśaḥ: nineteenth
• ekonaviṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka-ūna-viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (singular); saṃkhyā (ordinal sense: nineteenth)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Kartā/Viṣaya (chapter-title head)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (singular)

Speaker

Textual colophon (scribal/editorial closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vārāha Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing scene: palm-leaf or paper folios with a scribe’s colophon line, a small Varāha emblem stamped near the end, and a pilgrim map-like motif indicating Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Vārāha Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a structural colophon; it preserves textual lineage and confirms the chapter’s focus on Vārāha Tīrtha’s greatness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāha Tīrtha (explicitly named in the chapter title).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as a chapter-ending colophon rather than a ritual instruction.