Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 357

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कोटीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तपंचाशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptapaṃcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le trois-cent-cinquante-huitième chapitre, intitulé « Description de la grandeur de Koṭīśvara », dans le Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa—au sein du Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya—du vénérable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dans la Saṃhitā de quatre-vingt-un mille (vers).

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘संहितायाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘खण्डे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्ये’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Koṭīśvara
• koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अध्याय-नाम

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपातः

• saptapaṃcāśaduttaratriśatatamaḥ: the three-hundred-and-fifty-seventh
• saptapaṃcāśaduttaratriśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta-pañcāśat-uttara-triśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अध्यायः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; क्रमसंख्या

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara-māhātmya (chapter colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript folio ending: scribal colophon lines, decorative daṇḍas, and a small temple emblem indicating Koṭīśvara-māhātmya completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya
• Koṭīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it affirms the māhātmya tradition’s careful preservation of place-based sacred instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭīśvara (as the chapter’s subject).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a concluding chapter identifier.