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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 253

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये गुफेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिपञ्चाशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gupheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tripañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंद महापुराणातील एकाशीतिसाहस्री संहितेच्या सप्तम प्रभासखण्डातील प्रथम प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यांत ‘गुफेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णन’ नामक दोनशे त्रेपन्नावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक — Indeclinable, closure marker
śrī-skāndein the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrī-skānde:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha; Masculine, Locative, Singular
mahāpurāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahāpurāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Karmadharaya; Neuter, Locative, Singular
ekāśīti-sāhasryāmin the eighty-one-thousand (verses) [collection]
ekāśīti-sāhasryām:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्विगु-समास, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Dvigu; Feminine, Locative, Singular
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular
saptamein the seventh
saptame:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular
prabhāsakhaṇḍein the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
prabhāsakhaṇḍe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha; Masculine, Locative, Singular
prathamein the first
prathame:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular
prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyein the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदik)
Formबहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Multi-member tatpurusha; Neuter, Locative, Singular
gupheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanamthe description of the greatness of Gupheśvara
gupheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam:
Karta (Title/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootgupheśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Multi-member tatpurusha; Neuter, Nominative, Singular
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (Apposition marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय/निपात)
Formअव्यय, नामनिर्देशक-निपात — Indeclinable, naming particle
tri-pañcāśat-uttara-dviśatatamaḥthe 253rd
tri-pañcāśat-uttara-dviśatatamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्या) + pañcāśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + dviśata (संख्या) + tama (तद्धित)
Formसंख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष (समास), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Numeral tatpurusha; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker

Colophon / Editorial

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gupheśvara (chapter colophon)

Type: cave

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style ending: scribal colophon naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā, Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, and the chapter title on Gupheśvara.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
P
Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
P
Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
G
Gupheśvara

FAQs

It identifies the chapter’s subject and preserves the textual structure used to transmit tīrtha-glories in the Purāṇas.

Gupheśvara, as the named focus of Adhyāya 253.

None; this is a chapter colophon.

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