Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 157

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सत्यभामेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तपञ्चाशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye satyabhāmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptapañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir, dalam Skanda Mahāpurāṇa yang mulia—dalam himpunan lapan puluh satu ribu (bait), pada Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa yang ketujuh, bahagian pertama, Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya—bab bertajuk “Huraian Kemuliaan Satyabhāmeśvara”, iaitu Bab 157.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसंहारार्थक-अव्यय (quotative/closing particle: thus)

• श्री-स्कांदे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्री-स्कांदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (honorific qualifier); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ग्रन्थ-निर्देशे (in the revered Skanda-)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) collection
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (in the eighty-one-thousand [collection])

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (in the seventh)

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa section
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive: 'section of Prabhāsa'); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (in the first)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभासक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सत्यभामेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: the description of the glory of Satyabhāmeśvara
• सत्यभामेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यभामा (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative chain); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अध्याय-शीर्षकवाचक

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: named/called)

• सप्तपञ्चाशदुत्तरशततमः: the one-hundred-and-fifty-seventh
• सप्तपञ्चाशदुत्तरशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + पञ्चाशत् (संख्या) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + शततम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-समास (determinative numeric expression: 100+57 = 157); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अध्यायस्य विशेषण

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style colophon panel: scribal flourish, temple silhouette of Prabhāsa/Somnath in the background, conch-and-bell motifs indicating chapter completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Satyabhāmeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon: it authenticates the textual unit and its place in the Purāṇic hierarchy rather than teaching doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satyabhāmeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (as the chapter’s subject).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending colophon.