Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां चतुथें काशीखंड उत्तरार्धे गंगेश्वरमहिमाख्यानं नामैकनवतितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ catutheṃ kāśīkhaṃḍa uttarārdhe gaṃgeśvaramahimākhyānaṃ nāmaikanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതി-സാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ ചതുര്ഥ വിഭാഗമായ കാശീഖണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ ഉത്തരാർദ്ധത്തിൽ ‘ഗംഗേശ്വര മഹിമാഖ്യാനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള തൊണ്ണൂറ്റൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): ‘thus’

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative Sg); ग्रन्थ-निर्देश (in the Śrī Skanda[Purāṇa])

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative Sg)

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (section)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekāśīti + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative Sg); ‘in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)’ (textual division)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative Sg)

• catuthe: in the fourth
• catuthe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative Sg); क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• kāśī-khaṇḍe: in the Kāśī section
• kāśī-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative Sg)

• uttarārdhe: in the latter half
• uttarārdhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative Sg)

• gaṅgeśvara-mahimā-ākhyānam: the narrative of Gaṅgeśvara’s glory
• gaṅgeśvara-mahimā-ākhyānam: Karma (Appositional title/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgeśvara + mahimā + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom/Acc Sg); शीर्षक-रूपेण (as a title)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय (indeclinable usage): ‘named/called’ (title marker)

• eka-navatitamaḥ: ninety-first
• eka-navatitamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka + navati + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Sg); क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal): ‘ninety-first’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Sg)

Speaker

Textual colophon (scribe/editorial closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgeśvara (as chapter subject)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes finishing a palm-leaf or paper folio, writing the chapter title ‘Gaṅgeśvara-mahimā’ and adhyāya number; a small shrine lamp burns nearby, signifying sacred transmission.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Kāśīkhaṇḍa
• Uttarārdha
• Gaṅgeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking the completion and title of the chapter; it functions as a textual guide rather than a doctrinal teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgeśvara in Kāśī is identified as the subject of the completed chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is a manuscript-style chapter ending and cataloging statement.