Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये भूत मातृकामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तषष्ट्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhūta mātṛkāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കാന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതി-സാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയിൽ, ഏഴാം പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ ആദ്യ ‘പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യ’ ഭാഗത്തിൽ ‘ഭൂതമാതൃകാമാഹാത്മ്യവർണനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള 167-ാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/समाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'श्रीमान् स्कन्दः' इति, Locative singular

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय, Locative singular

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक): 'एकाशीतिसहस्रसंख्यायाम्' (in the eighty-one-thousand [verses] collection)

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

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Ordinal adjective, locative singular (qualifying खण्डे)

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa section
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभासस्य खण्डे' Locative singular

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Ordinal adjective, locative singular (qualifying माहात्म्ये)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्ये' Locative singular

• भूत: being(s)
• भूत: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण; पूर्वपद (compound member)

• मातृकामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम: (the section) titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Mātṛkā'
• मातृकामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम: Karta (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृका + माहात्म्य + वर्णन + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: 'मातृकायाः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनं' + 'नाम' (titled), Nominative singular

• सप्तषष्ट्युत्तरशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixty-seventh
• सप्तषष्ट्युत्तरशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तषष्टि + उत्तर + शततम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास: 'सप्तषष्ट्या उत्तरः शततमः' (=167th), Nominative singular (qualifying अध्यायः)

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

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure formula)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript folio ending: scribal colophon lines, decorative daṇḍas, and a small temple/sea motif in the margin indicating Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Bhūta-mātṛkā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its purpose is textual authentication and section identification rather than doctrinal instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (named in the colophon as the Māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a manuscript-style chapter conclusion marker.