Shloka 52 - Adhyaya 52 - Arbudha Khanda - Prabhasa Khanda | French | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्ड ईशानीशिखरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍa īśānīśikharamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cinquante-deuxième chapitre, intitulé « Description de la Gloire du Pic d’Īśānī », dans la troisième subdivision—l’Arbuda Khaṇḍa—du septième grand livre, le Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, du Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dans l’Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीस्कांदेin the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)

संहितायाम्in the Saṃhitā

सप्तमेin the seventh

प्रभासखण्डेin the Prabhāsa section

तृतीयेin the third

अर्बुदखण्डेin the Arbuda section

ईशानीशिखरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्the description of the glory of Īśānī-peak

नामnamed

द्विपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Colophon / Redactorial closing line

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Īśānīśikhara

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Readers/reciters of the Skanda Purāṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon moment: a scribe’s final flourish; a temple scholar recites the concluding line before a small assembly, with the peak of Īśānī in the distance.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Mahāpurāṇa

Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Arbuda Khaṇḍa

Īśānī-śikhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon marking textual completion; its value is archival—preserving the chapter’s identity and scope.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Īśānī-śikhara (Īśānī Peak), whose māhātmya is the subject of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a chapter-ending title and bibliographic marker.