Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशातिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्डे गौतमाश्रमतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśātisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe gautamāśramatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതി-സാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ ഏഴാം പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ മൂന്നാം അർബുദഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ ‘ഗൗതമാശ്രമ തീർത്ഥമാഹാത്മ്യവർണനം’ എന്ന നാൽപ്പത്തേഴാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

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

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (śrī + skanda)

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

• ekāśātisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśātisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समासः (एकाशीतिः-साहस्री = 81,000)

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

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

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक; तृतीय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः

• gautamāśramatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Gautama’s āśrama-tīrtha
• gautamāśramatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama-āśrama-tīrtha-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; गौतम + आश्रम + तीर्थ + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशः)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (particle meaning "called/namely")

• saptacatvāriṃśaḥ: forty-seventh
• saptacatvāriṃśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptacatvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + चत्वारिंशत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक; द्वन्द्व-समासः (7+40=47)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautamāśrama Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing: a scribe or reciter concludes the chapter; palm-leaf or birch-bark folios, a small lamp, and a quiet āśrama setting indicating textual transmission.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Gautamāśrama Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It formally seals the māhātmya section, emphasizing the scriptural authority of the tīrtha’s glorification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gautamāśrama Tīrtha (within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter colophon providing textual and hierarchical metadata.