Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 351

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सुपर्णेलामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकपञ्चाशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye suparṇelāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève, dans le vénérable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—au sein de la saṃhitā de quatre-vingt-un mille ślokas—dans le septième Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa et, dans la première section, le Māhātmya du saint Prabhāsa-kṣetra, le chapitre intitulé « Description de la grandeur de Suparṇelā », à savoir le Chapitre 352.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Colophon marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरण) = closing particle; 'thus'

• śrī-skānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('श्रीमान् स्कन्दः' / honorific); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-ग्रन्थनाम, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)'

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

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand'

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण; 'in the seventh'

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभासस्य खण्डः'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the Prabhāsa section'

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the first'

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the ‘Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya'

• suparṇelā-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of Suparṇelā’s greatness
• suparṇelā-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Title/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suparṇelā (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सुपर्णेलायाः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अध्यायशीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Title marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देश) = title-marker particle; 'named/called'

• eka-pañcāśat-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: three-hundred-and-fifty-first
• eka-pañcāśat-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (संख्या) + pañcāśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + triśata (संख्या) + tama (तमप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-समास/तत्पुरुष (अध्यायक्रमे); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; '351st' (300 + 50 + 1)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-ending scene: a scribe completes a palm-leaf folio with the colophon; a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa/Somnath appears faintly in the background, indicating the chapter’s closure.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Suparṇelā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It formally seals a Māhātmya unit, emphasizing that tīrtha-glorification is a complete teaching within Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Suparṇelā tīrtha/topic whose greatness was described in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it is a chapter-ending colophon identifying the textual location and title.