Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखंडे महौजसतीर्थप्रभाववर्णनंनामैकोनषष्टितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe mahaujasatīrthaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंदमहापुराणातील एकाशीतिसाहस्री संहितेच्या सप्तम प्रभासखंडातील तृतीय अरबुदखंडात ‘महौजसा-तीर्थ-प्रभाव-वर्णन’ नामक एकोणसाठावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; honorific qualifier of purāṇe

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; dvigu denoting number of thousands (81,000) qualifying saṃhitāyām

• saṃhitāyām: in the compilation (Saṃhitā)
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal qualifying khaṇḍe

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (प्रभासस्य खण्डः)

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal qualifying khaṇḍe

• arbuda-khaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbuda-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (अर्बुदस्य खण्डः)

• mahaujasatīrtha-prabhāva-varṇanam: the description of the power of Mahaujasatīrtha
• mahaujasatīrtha-prabhāva-varṇanam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Title/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahaujasatīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; महौजस + तीर्थ) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; multi-member tatpuruṣa: 'varṇana of prabhāva of Mahaujasatīrtha'

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nāma-śabda used as avyaya in colophons (नाम-निपात)

• ekona-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: fifty-ninth
• ekona-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭitama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal 'one less than sixtieth' (=59th) qualifying adhyāyaḥ

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (grantha-samāpti style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahaujasā Tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: scribal colophon naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Arbuda Khaṇḍa, chapter title ‘Mahaujasā-tīrtha-prabhāva-varṇana’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Mahaujasā Tīrtha
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, formally naming the chapter and preserving the tīrtha-māhātmya’s transmission within the Purāṇic canon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahaujasā Tīrtha (as the chapter’s subject).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a colophon identifying the chapter and its theme.