Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशी तिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पाशुपतेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिंशदुत्तरशततमोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśī tisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye pāśupateśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതി-സാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയിലെ ഏഴാം പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ ആദ്യ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്ര-മാഹാത്മ്യത്തിൽ ‘പാശുപതേശ്വര-മാഹാത്മ്യ-വർണനം’ എന്ന നൂറ്റിമുപ്പതാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: श्री + स्कन्द (honorific + Skanda)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: महत् + पुराण

• एकाशीति: in the eighty-first
• एकाशीति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective)

• साहस्र्यां: in the (thousand) section
• साहस्र्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘साहस्री’ = thousand-unit/collection

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa section
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभासखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: प्रभासस्य खण्डः

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the ‘Glory of the Prabhāsa sacred field’
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्

• पाशुपतेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: the narration of the glory of Pāśupateśvara
• पाशुपतेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाशुपत + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास: पाशुपतेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्

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

• त्रिंशदुत्तरशततमः: the one-hundred-and-thirtieth
• त्रिंशदुत्तरशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिंशत् + उत्तर + शततम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: त्रिंशदुत्तरः शततमः (= 130th)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāśupateśvara-māhātmya (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-ending scene: scribes or reciters conclude a chapter; a temple lamp is lowered; the title ‘Pāśupateśvara-māhātmya’ is inscribed on palm leaves with decorative colophon marks.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya
• Pāśupateśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter and its subject: Pāśupateśvara’s greatness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Māhātmya of Pāśupateśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a textual closing statement and catalog entry.