Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

हृति श्रीस्कांदेमहापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य एकादशरुद्रमाहात्म्ये कामेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

hṛti śrīskāṃdemahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye kāmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंदमहापुराणाच्या एक्याऐंशी सहस्र श्लोकांच्या संहितेतील सप्तम प्रभासखण्डात, प्रथम प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यांतर्गत एकादशरुद्रमाहात्म्यात ‘कामेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णन’ नामक शहाण्णवावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative/end marker)

• śrī-skānde-mahāpurāṇe: in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-skānde-mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक) + mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; समासः (śrī-skānda-mahāpurāṇa) — ग्रन्थ-नाम

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः (81-thousand) विशेषणम् (of saṃhitāyām)

• saṃhitāyām: in the saṃhitā (compilation)
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (of prabhāsakhaṇḍe)

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (prabhāsasya khaṇḍaḥ)

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (of prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye)

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa field
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; समासः (prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya) — विषय-नाम

• ekādaśa-rudra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Eleven Rudras
• ekādaśa-rudra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; समासः (ekādaśa-rudra-māhātmya)

• kāmeśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of Kāmeśvara’s greatness
• kāmeśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Title/Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; समासः (kāmeśvara-māhātmya-varṇana) — अध्याय-शीर्षक

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तः (title-marker: “named/called”)

• ṣaṇṇavatitamaḥ: ninety-sixth
• ṣaṇṇavatitamaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṇṇavati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + tama (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचकः (96th) विशेषणम् (of adhyāyaḥ)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Colophon (textual marker)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript folio end: scribal colophon lines, decorative daṇḍas, and a small temple emblem indicating Prabhāsa; the sense is of closure and cataloging.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya
• Ekādaśa Rudra
• Kāmeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon summarizing the textual location of the māhātmya, reinforcing the authority and context of the sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named as the māhātmya’s setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a concluding textual note marking the end of the chapter.