Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्डे रुद्रह्रदमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab kelima puluh lima, bernama “Huraian tentang Keagungan Rudra-hrada”, dalam bahagian kecil ketiga (Arbuda Khaṇḍa) bagi kitab ketujuh (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) daripada Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dalam himpunan lapan puluh satu ribu śloka.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-निपात (quotative particle “thus”)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कान्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; अधिकरणे—“in the Śrī Skanda( Purāṇa)”

• mahāpurāṇe: in the great Purāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणत्वेन—“in the great Purāṇa”

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्याविशेषणम्—“in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand”

• saṃhitāyām: in the saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्—“in the Saṃhitā”

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्—“in the seventh” (khaṇḍa)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्—“in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa”

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्—“in the third” (khaṇḍa)

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्—“in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa”

• rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Rudra-hrada
• rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra-hrada-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + ह्रद + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; अध्यायनामरूपेण विषयवाचकम्

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle meaning “named/called”)

• pañcapañcāśattamaḥ: fifty-fifth
• pañcapañcāśattamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca-pañcāśat-tama (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + पञ्चाशत् + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्—“fifty-fifth”

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

Speaker

Narrator/Colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudra-hrada (chapter title reference)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: scribal colophon with chapter title ‘Rudrahrada-māhātmya-varṇana’, indicating completion of adhyāya 55.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Rudra-hrada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon: it preserves the chapter’s identity and transmission, emphasizing the Purāṇic tradition of safeguarding tīrtha-glories through structured narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudra-hrada, explicitly named as the subject of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as a chapter-ending colophon and catalog entry.