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

ດັ່ງນີ້ ຈົບລົງແລ້ວ ບົດທີ 24 ຊື່ວ່າ «ການພັນລະນາພຣະມະຫິມາຂອງ ກາຕະຍາຍນີ» ໃນພາກທີ 3 ອາຣບຸດະຂັນດະ (Arbuda Khaṇḍa) ພາຍໃນພາກທີ 7 ປຣະພາສະຂັນດະ (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) ຂອງ ສຣີ ສະກັນດະ ມະຫາປຸຣານະ ໃນ ເອກາຊີຕິສາຫັສຣີ ສັມຫິຕາ.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; ग्रन्थ-नाम्नि

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्याविशेषणम् (in the eighty-one-thousand [verses])

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• kātyāyanīmāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of Kātyāyanī’s greatness
• kātyāyanīmāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kātyāyanī-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; कात्यायनी + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; अध्याय-नाम (title)

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः (designation marker)

• caturviṃśaḥ: twenty-fourth
• caturviṃśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturviṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक (the twenty-fourth)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, 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

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Kātyāyanī
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

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

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a chapter-ending identification.