Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 322

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसा हरुयां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये दुर्गादित्यमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्वाविंशत्युत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisā haruyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye durgādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീ സ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതി-സാഹസ്രി സംഹിതയിൽ, സപ്തമ പ്രഭാസഖണ്ഡത്തിലെ പ്രഥമ ‘പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യ’ത്തിൽ ‘ദുർഗാദിത്യമാഹാത്മ്യവർണനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള മുന്നൂറ്റി ഇരുപത്തിരണ്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसंहार/उद्धरण-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative/closing particle)

• श्री-स्कांदे: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्री-स्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); ग्रन्थ-नाम्नि अधिकरणे

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकाशीतिसा: by eighty-one (as the count)
• एकाशीतिसा: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतिस (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या-शब्द)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगानुसार, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); संख्या-विशेषणम् (as counted by)

• हरुयाम्: in Haruyā (name of the Saṃhitā/section; as read)
• हरुयाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरुया (प्रातिपदिक; पाठ-भेद/स्थानीय-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); क्रम-विशेषणम्

• प्रभास-खण्डे: in the Prabhāsa section
• प्रभास-खण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); क्रम-विशेषणम्

• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्ये: in the (section) ‘Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field’
• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्गा-आदित्य-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: the narration of the greatness of Durgā and Āditya
• दुर्गा-आदित्य-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: Karta (Title/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); शीर्षक-रूपेण

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः शीर्षक-निर्देशकः (indeclinable indicating ‘called/named’)

• द्वाविंशति-उत्तर-त्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-twenty-second
• द्वाविंशति-उत्तर-त्रिशततमः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वाविंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रिशततम (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); अध्यायस्य विशेषणम्; ‘त्रिशततम’ = 300th, ‘द्वाविंशत्युत्तर’ = plus 22

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgāditya-māhātmya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: scribal colophon indicating the end of the chapter ‘Durgāditya-māhātmya-varṇana’ within Skanda Mahāpurāṇa’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; evokes palm-leaf or paper manuscript with rubrication.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa
• Durgāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It concludes the māhātmya unit, reinforcing the authority and sacred framing of the Durgāditya pilgrimage narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Durgāditya in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter colophon summarizing the title and placement.