Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कोटीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुरधिक शततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cent-quatrième chapitre, intitulé « Description de la grandeur de Koṭīśvara », dans le premier Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya du septième livre, le Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, au sein du Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa de quatre-vingt-un mille versets.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation 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 विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numerical qualifier)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal from सप्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (glorification of Prabhāsa field)
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the narration of the glory of Koṭīśvara
• koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭīśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; कोटीश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/नाम-शब्दः)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (name-indicator particle)

• caturadhikaśatatamaḥ: the one hundred and fourth
• caturadhikaśatatamaḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur-adhika-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + अधिक + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara (chapter title reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: a scribe concludes a palm-leaf/folio with the chapter title ‘Koṭīśvaramāhātmya’; a small shrine vignette in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Koṭīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon: it authenticates the textual unit and signals the completion of the Koṭīśvara Māhātmya chapter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭīśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the chapter title explicitly states.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a formal chapter-ending statement describing the text’s placement and chapter name.