Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महा पुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सांबादित्यमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकोत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahā purāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye sāṃbādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീ സ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതി-സാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയിൽ, ഏഴാം പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ ആദ്യ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിൽ “സാമ്ബാദിത്യ-മാഹാത്മ്യ-വർണ്ണനം” എന്ന നൂറ്റൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

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

• śrī-skānde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/श्री-स्कन्दः)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् पुराणम्)

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः)

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

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

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासस्य खण्डः)

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

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• sāṃbāditya-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the glory of Sāmbāditya
• sāṃbāditya-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃbāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (सांबादित्यस्य माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• eka-uttara-śatatamaḥ: one-hundred-and-first
• eka-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शततमः + एकोत्तरः = 101st)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃbāditya-māhātmya (chapter colophon)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe completes the chapter colophon on palm leaves; the title ‘Sāṃbāditya-māhātmya’ is highlighted, with a small emblem of the Sun and the Prabhāsa coast in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya
• Sāṃbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, marking the completion of a māhātmya that frames pilgrimage and worship as enduring sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, via the completed Sāṃbāditya Māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a colophon identifying the text, section, and chapter title.