Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सौभाग्येश्वरीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुर्विशत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye saubhāgyeśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturviśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതിസാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ സപ്തമ പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ പ്രഥമ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിൽ “സൗഭാഗ്യേശ്വരീമാഹാത്മ്യവർണ്ണനം” എന്ന നാമമുള്ള നൂറ്റി ഇരുപത്തിനാലാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Avyaya (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसंहारार्थक-अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• śrī-skānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कान्दः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative (in the Śrī Skanda Purāṇa)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; qualifying saṃhitāyām

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ordinal adjective qualifying prabhāsakhaṃḍe

• prabhāsa-khaṃḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṃḍe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ordinal adjective qualifying prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• saubhāgya-īśvarī-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Saubhāgyeśvarī
• saubhāgya-īśvarī-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/Title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; chapter-title element

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Avyaya (Title marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः शीर्षकसूचक-अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (title-marker)

• caturviśati-uttara-śatatamaḥ: the 124th
• caturviśati-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturviśati (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शततमः यस्य उत्तरं चतुर्विंशतिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; qualifying adhyāyaḥ

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon / Redactional marker

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saubhāgyeśvarī (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like closing tableau: sages seated with palm-leaf manuscripts; a small shrine emblem of Saubhāgyeśvarī and a liṅga icon in the margin; the sacred geography implied rather than narrated.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya
• Saubhāgyeśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon used to title and close the chapter; it serves textual organization rather than direct instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with the chapter focused on Saubhāgyeśvarī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is an end-of-chapter marker.