Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये भरतेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विसप्तत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bharateśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvisaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-172, bernama “Huraian tentang Keagungan Bharateśvara”, dalam bahagian pertama Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, di dalam Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa yang ketujuh, daripada Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dalam Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

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

• śrī-skānde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ग्रन्थ-निर्देशे अधिकरणम्

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘महापुराणे’ = in the great Purāṇa

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषणम् (numerical qualifier)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Prabhāsa’s section)

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

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

• bharateśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Bharateśvara
• bharateśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Title/topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharateśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; अध्याय-शीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Apposition marker (नाम-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः शीर्षक-निर्देशक-अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (as ‘called/named’)

• dvi-saptati-uttara-śatatamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-seventy-second
• dvi-saptati-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या) + saptati (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; क्रमसंख्या-विशेषणम् (ordinal: 172nd)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon (editorial ending formula; not a dialogue line)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bharateśvara (chapter title)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, scribe concluding the chapter title ‘Bharateśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam’, with a small shrine vignette in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya
• Bharateśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its purpose is textual authentication and chapter identification rather than teaching doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, via the chapter title “Bharateśvara-māhātmya.”

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is an editorial chapter-end marker.