Shloka 52 - Adhyaya 52 - Arbudha Khanda - Prabhasa Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्ड ईशानीशिखरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍa īśānīśikharamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

以上、『シュリー・スカンダ・マハープラーナ』のエーカーシーティ・サーハスリー・サンヒターにおける、第七大部プラバーサ・カンダの第三分部アルブダ・カンダに属する、「イーシャーニー峰の功徳の叙述」と名づけられた第五十二章はここに終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीस्कांदेin the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)

संहितायाम्in the Saṃhitā

सप्तमेin the seventh

प्रभासखण्डेin the Prabhāsa section

तृतीयेin the third

अर्बुदखण्डेin the Arbuda section

ईशानीशिखरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्the description of the glory of Īśānī-peak

नामnamed

द्विपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Colophon / Redactorial closing line

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Īśānīśikhara

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Readers/reciters of the Skanda Purāṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon moment: a scribe’s final flourish; a temple scholar recites the concluding line before a small assembly, with the peak of Īśānī in the distance.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Mahāpurāṇa

Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Arbuda Khaṇḍa

Īśānī-śikhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon marking textual completion; its value is archival—preserving the chapter’s identity and scope.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Īśānī-śikhara (Īśānī Peak), whose māhātmya is the subject of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a chapter-ending title and bibliographic marker.