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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 264

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये नंदिनीगुफामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुःषष्ट्यु त्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye naṃdinīguphāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥṣaṣṭyu ttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंद महापुराणाच्या एकाशीतिसाहस्री संहितेतील सप्तम प्रभासखंडाच्या प्रथम प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यात ‘नंदिनीगुफामाहात्म्यवर्णन’ नामक २६४ वा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative/end marker)
śrīskāṃdein the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrīskāṃde:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
mahāpurāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahāpurāṇe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
ekāśītisāhasryāmin the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
ekāśītisāhasryām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
saptamein the seventh
saptame:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
prabhāsakhaṃḍein the Prabhāsa section
prabhāsakhaṃḍe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
prathamein the first
prathame:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyein the greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
naṃdinīguphāmāhātmyavarṇanamdescription of the greatness of the Nandinī cave
naṃdinīguphāmāhātmyavarṇanam:
Sambandha (Title element/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnaṃdinī-guphā-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; नन्दिनी + गुफा + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-प्रयोगे
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नाम (naming particle: 'called')
catuḥṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamaḥthe 264th
catuḥṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatuḥ-ṣaṣṭi-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; चतुः + षष्टि + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्यायस्य)
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandinī-guhā (chapter topic)

Type: cave

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing panel: scribal flourish, chapter title banner ‘Nandinī-guhā-māhātmya’, and a quiet temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Purāṇa
P
Prabhāsakṣetra
N
Nandinī-guhā

FAQs

It functions as a formal closure, preserving the scriptural structure and signaling the completion of a tīrtha’s Māhātmya narration.

Nandinī-guhā (the Nandinī Cave) within the larger sacred region of Prabhāsakṣetra.

None in this verse; it is a colophon identifying the chapter and its topic.

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