Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभास क्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शाण्डिल्येश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षड्विंशत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye śāṇḍilyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cent vingt-sixième chapitre, intitulé « Description de la Gloire de Śāṇḍilyeśvara », dans le Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa (Livre VII) du Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, au sein de la section Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘श्रीस्कन्द’ इति ग्रन्थ/पुराण-नाम

• mahāpurāṇe: in the great Purāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘महापुराण’

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘संहितायाम्’ (in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses])

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘खण्डे’ (in the seventh)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण—(अध्याये/माहात्म्ये) ‘in the first’

• prabhāsa: Prabhāsa
• prabhāsa: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• kṣetramāhātmye: in the ‘Field’s Māhātmya’
• kṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• śāṇḍilyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Śāṇḍilyeśvara
• śāṇḍilyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṇḍilya-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (title phrase)

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘नाम’ (designation marker)

• ṣaḍviṃśatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: the one hundred and twenty-sixth
• ṣaḍviṃśatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaḍ-viṃśati-uttara-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘अध्यायः’ (the 126th)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāṇḍilyeśvara (chapter title reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing panel: scribal colophon lines, temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the margin, and a concluding lamp signifying chapter completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• Śāṇḍilyeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its function is textual—marking the completion and title of the chapter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śāṇḍilyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (as the chapter’s subject).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending rubric.