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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्डे कात्यायनीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe kātyāyanīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ここに、『エーカーシーティサーハスリー・サンヒター』（Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā）所収『シュリー・スカンダ・マハープラーナ』第七部プラバーサ・カンダ（Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa）第三篇アルブダ・カンダ（Arbuda Khaṇḍa）における、「カーティヤーヤニー（Kātyāyanī）の偉大さの叙述」と名づけられた第二十四章は、かくして終わる。

Word by Word
itithus; so
iti:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)
śrīskāṃdein the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrīskāṃde:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; ग्रन्थ-नाम्नि
mahāpurāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahāpurāṇe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
ekāśītisāhasryāmin the (collection) of eighty-one thousand
ekāśītisāhasryām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्याविशेषणम् (in the eighty-one-thousand [verses])
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
saptamein the seventh
saptame:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)
prabhāsakhaṇḍein the Prabhāsa section
prabhāsakhaṇḍe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
tṛtīyein the third
tṛtīye:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक
arbudakhaṇḍein the Arbuda section
arbudakhaṇḍe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootarbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
kātyāyanīmāhātmyavarṇanamthe description of Kātyāyanī’s greatness
kātyāyanīmāhātmyavarṇanam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkātyāyanī-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; कात्यायनी + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; अध्याय-नाम (title)
nāmanamed; called
nāma:
Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय/निपात)
Formअव्यय; नाम-निपातः (designation marker)
caturviṃśaḥtwenty-fourth
caturviṃśaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturviṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक (the twenty-fourth)
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
Speaker

Colophon (textual closure marker)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude the chapter ‘Kātyāyanī-māhātmya-varṇana,’ marking the end of adhyāya 24 in Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
P
Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
A
Arbuda Khaṇḍa
K
Kātyāyanī
E
Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

This is a colophon; its purpose is to authenticate and index the scripture’s section rather than teach a doctrine directly.

Indirectly, Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s setting (Arbuda mountain) is indicated as the locus of the preceding māhātmya.

None; it functions as a chapter-ending identification.

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