Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 263

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये छायालिंग माहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिषष्ट्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye chāyāliṃga māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതി-സഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ സപ്തമ പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ പ്രഥമ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിൽ “ഛായാലിംഗ-മാഹാത്മ്യവർണ്ണനം” എന്ന 263-ാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

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

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakhaṃḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṃḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in (the section on) the greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• chāyāliṃga: Chāyā-liṅga (Shadow Liṅga)
• chāyāliṃga: Sambandha (Title element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāyā-liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-प्रयोगे (title element)

• māhātmyavarṇanam: description of the greatness
• māhātmyavarṇanam: Sambandha (Title element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-प्रयोगे

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

• triṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: the 263rd
• triṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-ṣaṣṭi-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + षष्टि + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्यायस्य)

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

Speaker

Colophon / Redactional marker (not a narrative speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Chāyāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A closing manuscript panel: the title ‘Chāyāliṅga-māhātmya’ is ceremonially concluded; lamps are lowered; pilgrims prepare to move to the next sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Chāyāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon confirming the chapter’s completion and title for accurate preservation and citation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Chāyāliṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra, as named in the chapter title.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending colophon.