Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्ड उद्दालकेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍa uddālakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le quarante-deuxième chapitre, intitulé « Description de la grandeur d’Uddālakeśvara », dans l’Arbuda Khaṇḍa (troisième section) du septième Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, du Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa composé de quatre-vingt-un mille versets.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse 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; अधिकरण (locative)

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

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

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• uddālakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Uddālakeśvara
• uddālakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uddālaka-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; उद्दालक + 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 (naming particle)

• dvicatvāriṃśaḥ: forty-second
• dvicatvāriṃśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi-catvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + चत्वारिंशत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uddālakeśvara

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript colophon scene: scribes concluding a chapter, with the title ‘Uddālakeśvara-māhātmya’ highlighted; a small liṅga vignette in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Uddālakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a textual colophon that preserves the chapter’s identity and the māhātmya focus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Uddālakeśvara is named as the focus of the chapter that has concluded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a concluding rubric (adhyāya-colophon).