Shloka 331 - Adhyaya 331 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Kannada | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 331

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कालमेघमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकत्रिंशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kālameghamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣದ ಏಕಾಶೀತಿ-ಸಾಹಸ್ರೀ ಸಂಹಿತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಸಪ್ತಮ ಪ್ರಭಾಸಖಂಡದ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಪ್ರಭಾಸಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಕಾಲಮೇಘ-ಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವರ್ಣನ’ ಎಂಬ ಮೂರುನೂರ ಮೂವತ್ತೊಂದನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು।

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

प्रथमेin the first

प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येin the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field

कालमेघमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्the narration of the greatness of Kāla-megha

नामnamed

एकत्रिंशदुत्तरत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-thirty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding manuscript rubric: the chapter title ‘Kālamegha-māhātmya’ and number are ceremonially recited; a temple lamp and conch suggest ritual reading in a shrine setting.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Mahāpurāṇa

Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa

Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya

Kālamegha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a structural marker confirming the completion and title of the Kālamegha māhātmya chapter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kālamegha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as indicated by the chapter title.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a colophon.