Shloka 63 - Adhyaya 63 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Gujarati | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये भैरवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्याय

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāya

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રી સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણની એકાશીતી-સાહસ્રી સંહિતાના સાતમા પ્રભાસખંડના પ્રથમ પ્રભાસક્ષેત્રમાહાત્મ્યમાં ‘ભૈરવેશ્વરમાહાત્મ્યવર્ણન’ નામનો ત્રેસઠમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीस्कांदेin the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)

संहितायाम्in the Saṃhitā

सप्तमेin the seventh

प्रभासखण्डेin the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa

प्रथमेin the first

प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येin the ‘Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya’

भैरवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम(the section) named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Bhairaveśvara’

त्रिषष्टितमःsixty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (within Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style colophon scene: a palm-leaf manuscript or birch-bark folio with the chapter title ‘Bhairaveśvara-māhātmya’ concluded; a quiet shrine silhouette of Bhairava in the background, lamps dimming at the end of recitation.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Purāṇa

Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya

Bhairaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; it primarily preserves textual structure and the chapter’s focus for transmission and study.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhairaveśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the named topic of this completed chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as a chapter-ending rubric.