Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां प्रथमे माहेश्वरखण्डे कौमारिकाखण्डे महाविद्यासाधने गाणेश्वरकल्पवर्णनंनामैकषष्टितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe mahāvidyāsādhane gāṇeśvarakalpavarṇanaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതിസാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ പ്രഥമ മാഹേശ്വരഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ കൗമാരികാഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ മഹാവിദ്യാ-സാധന ഭാഗത്തിലുള്ള ‘ഗാണേശ്വര-കല്പ-വർണനം’ എന്ന അറുപത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

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

• śrī-skāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (honorific + title)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—द्विगु (numerical compound qualifying saṃhitāyām)

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying māheśvarakhaṇḍe)

• māheśvara-khaṇḍe: in the Māheśvara section
• māheśvara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māheśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष

• kaumārikā-khaṇḍe: in the Kaumārikā section
• kaumārikā-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaumārikā (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष

• mahāvidyā-sādhane: in (the topic of) the practice of Mahāvidyā
• mahāvidyā-sādhane: Adhikarana (Topic/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāvidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + sādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष

• gāṇeśvara-kalpa-varṇanam: the description of the Gāṇeśvara-kalpa
• gāṇeśvara-kalpa-varṇanam: Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāṇeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (multi-member determinative)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे प्रयोग (indeclinable ‘named/called’)

• eka-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: sixty-first
• eka-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal); समासः—तत्पुरुष (eka+ṣaṣṭi: 61)

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (chapter conclusion)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter closes a palm-leaf manuscript; the chapter title is announced in a formal cadence, lamps steady, audience silent.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Māheśvarakhaṇḍa
• Kaumārikākhaṇḍa
• Mahāvidyā
• Gāṇeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the teaching as part of an authoritative Purāṇic transmission, underscoring disciplined sādhana (spiritual practice) within Śaiva tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this colophon; it primarily identifies the textual location within the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction appears here; it only titles the chapter as concerning Mahāvidyā-sādhana and the Gāṇeśvara kalpa.