Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सोमेश्वरमाहात्म्ये कलकलेश्वरसमीपवर्ति लकुलीशलिंगद्वयमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षट्सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye someśvaramāhātmye kalakaleśvarasamīpavarti lakulīśaliṃgadvayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंद महापुराणातील एक्याऐंशी हजार श्लोकांच्या संहितेतील सप्तम प्रभासखण्डाच्या प्रथम प्रभासक्षेत्र-माहात्म्यात, सोमेश्वर-माहात्म्यांतर्गत ‘कलकलेश्वराजवळ स्थित लाकुलीशाच्या द्वय-लिंगाचे माहात्म्यवर्णन’ नामक शहात्तरावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• śrī-skānde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘श्रीस्कान्दे’ = श्रीमान् स्कान्दः/स्कान्दपुराणः (कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (ग्रन्थनाम), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; महापुराण (कर्मधारय)

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) collection
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण) (qualifier of saṃhitāyām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; एकाशीतिसाहस्री = 81000-सम्बद्धा (द्विगु/संख्यासमास)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण) (qualifier of khaṇḍe)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण) (qualifier of māhātmye)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम् (तत्पुरुष)

• someśvara-māhātmye: in the Somēśvara Māhātmya
• someśvara-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: someśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सोमेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यम् (तत्पुरुष)

• kalakaleśvara-samīpa-varti: situated near Kalakaleśvara
• kalakaleśvara-samīpa-varti: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier) (of following title-compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalakaleśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vartin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (शीर्षक-विशेषण), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कलकलेश्वरस्य समीपे वर्ती (तत्पुरुष)

• lakulīśa-liṅga-dvaya-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Lakulīśa’s two liṅgas
• lakulīśa-liṅga-dvaya-māhātmya-varṇanam: Viśeṣya (Head noun of chapter title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakulīśa (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: लकुलीशस्य लिङ्गद्वयस्य माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्

• nāma: named
• nāma: Title marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (नाम-शब्दः शीर्षकसूचकः)

• ṣaṭ-saptatitamaḥ: seventy-sixth
• ṣaṭ-saptatitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier) (of adhyāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + saptati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + tamaP (प्रत्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक: 76th (षट्सप्ततितमः)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta/Predicate-noun (chapter identification)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon / Redactorial notice

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakulīśa-liṅga-dvaya (near Kalakaleśvara)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding manuscript-like scene: a sūta/paurāṇika voice sealing the chapter, while in the background pilgrims approach a pair of small liṅga-shrines near a larger Kalakaleśvara temple within the sandy coastal Prabhāsa terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya
• Someśvara
• Kalakaleśvara
• Lakulīśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking textual closure and locating the teaching within the sacred geography of Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakulīśa’s twin-liṅga shrine near Kalakaleśvara, within the Someśvara Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending colophon summarizing the topic and placement.