Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखंडे महौजसतीर्थप्रभाववर्णनंनामैकोनषष्टितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe mahaujasatīrthaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab kelima puluh sembilan, berjudul “Uraian Kemuliaan Mahaujasā Tīrtha,” dalam Arbuda Khaṇḍa ketiga pada Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa ketujuh dari Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dalam Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; honorific qualifier of purāṇe

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; dvigu denoting number of thousands (81,000) qualifying saṃhitāyām

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal qualifying khaṇḍe

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (प्रभासस्य खण्डः)

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal qualifying khaṇḍe

• arbuda-khaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbuda-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (अर्बुदस्य खण्डः)

• mahaujasatīrtha-prabhāva-varṇanam: the description of the power of Mahaujasatīrtha
• mahaujasatīrtha-prabhāva-varṇanam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Title/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahaujasatīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; महौजस + तीर्थ) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; multi-member tatpuruṣa: 'varṇana of prabhāva of Mahaujasatīrtha'

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nāma-śabda used as avyaya in colophons (नाम-निपात)

• ekona-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: fifty-ninth
• ekona-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭitama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal 'one less than sixtieth' (=59th) qualifying adhyāyaḥ

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (grantha-samāpti style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahaujasā Tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: scribal colophon naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Arbuda Khaṇḍa, chapter title ‘Mahaujasā-tīrtha-prabhāva-varṇana’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Mahaujasā Tīrtha
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, formally naming the chapter and preserving the tīrtha-māhātmya’s transmission within the Purāṇic canon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahaujasā Tīrtha (as the chapter’s subject).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a colophon identifying the chapter and its theme.