Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 350

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कौरवेश्वरीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पञ्चाशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kauraveśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le trois-cent-cinquante-et-unième chapitre, intitulé « Récit de la grandeur de Kauraveśvarī », dans le Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa du saint Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, au sein du Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• śrī-skānde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative Singular; कर्मधारय (‘श्रीमान् स्कन्दः’/honorific)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative Singular; कर्मधारय (‘महच्च तत् पुराणम्’)

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative Singular; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative Singular

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Masc./Neut., Locative Singular; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘प्रभासस्य खण्डः’)

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Masc./Neut., Locative Singular; क्रमवाचक

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the ‘Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative Singular; बहुपद-षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (‘प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्’)

• kauraveśvarī-māhātmya-varṇanam-nāma: (chapter) named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Kauraveśvarī’
• kauraveśvarī-māhātmya-varṇanam-nāma: Karta (Title/Subject heading/विषय-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauraveśvarī (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (‘कौरवेश्वर्याः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्’), ‘नाम’ इति नामनिर्देश

• pañcāśat-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: three-hundred-and-fiftieth
• pañcāśat-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcāśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + triśata (संख्या) + tama (प्रत्यय; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular; संख्यावाचक-समास (‘त्रिशततमः’ + ‘पञ्चाशदुत्तरः’ = 350th)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kauraveśvarī (māhātmya concluded) within Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style colophon scene: a scribe finishing a palm-leaf/folio, with a small vignette of a shrine labeled Kauraveśvarī in the Prabhāsa landscape, indicating chapter completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Kauraveśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It authenticates and concludes the māhātmya unit, reinforcing the Purāṇa’s role as a guide to pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kauraveśvarī within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending colophon.