Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 260

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सिद्धेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षष्ट्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതിസാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയിൽ, ഏഴാം പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ ആദ്യ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിൽ ‘സിദ്ധേശ്വരമാഹാത്മ്യവർണനം’ എന്ന പേരുള്ള ഇരുനൂറ്റി അറുപതാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

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

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (denoting 81,000)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal from सप्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Siddheśvara
• siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Title/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; अध्याय-शीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• ṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: the two-hundred-and-sixtieth
• ṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭi-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; षष्टि + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (260th)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara (topic of the concluded chapter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style ending: scribal colophon panel naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, and ‘Siddheśvara-māhātmya-varṇana’ with chapter number.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking completion; it frames the preceding narrative as a formal māhātmya of Siddheśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the chapter’s explicitly named focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is a textual closing statement identifying the chapter and its placement.