Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये मध्ययात्रायां सांबादित्यमाहात्म्योपक्रमे सांबाय दुर्वाससा शापप्रदानवर्णनंनाम शततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye madhyayātrāyāṃ sāṃbādityamāhātmyopakrame sāṃbāya durvāsasā śāpapradānavarṇanaṃnāma śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le centième chapitre, intitulé «Description de la malédiction accordée par le ṛṣi Durvāsā à Sāmba», dans la septième section, le Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, au sein du Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya—dans le récit du «Pèlerinage du Milieu» et ouvrant le Sāmbāditya Māhātmya—du vénérable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dans la Saṃhitā de quatre-vingt-un mille vers.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyopasaṃhāra (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘glorious Skanda’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘great Purāṇa’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical: ‘eighty-one-thousand’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying saṃhitāyām)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying prabhāsakhaṇḍe)

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of Prabhāsa’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye)

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• madhya-yātrāyām: in the Madhya-yātrā section
• madhya-yātrāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: ‘middle pilgrimage’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sāṃba-āditya-māhātmya-upakrame: in the introductory section of Sāṃbāditya-māhātmya
• sāṃba-āditya-māhātmya-upakrame: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃba (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + upakrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (‘in the introduction to the Māhātmya of Sāṃba-Āditya’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sāṃbāya: to Sāṃba
• sāṃbāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• durvāsasā: by Durvāsas
• durvāsasā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• śāpa-pradāna-varṇanam: the description of the granting of a curse
• śāpa-pradāna-varṇanam: Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (‘description of giving a curse’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Saṃjñā (Naming)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः शीर्षकनिर्देशक-अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (‘named/called’)

• śatatamaḥ: the hundredth
• śatatamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śatatama (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Colophon/Redactorial closure (iti-vākya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing panel: scribal colophon indicating the end of the hundredth chapter, naming the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, the Madhya-yātrā context, and the start of Sāmbāditya Māhātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Sāmbāditya
• Sāmba
• Durvāsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon marking textual completion, emphasizing the Māhātmya framework that ties narrative events to pilgrimage sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is explicitly identified as the Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending identification line (colophon).