Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य आदिनारायणमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुरशीतितमोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ādinārāyaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītitamodhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-84, bernama “Huraian Keagungan Ādinārāyaṇa”, dalam bahagian pertama Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, di dalam Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa ketujuh Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dalam Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; समाप्तिसूचक (concluding particle)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-पुराण (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) recension
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति-साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीति + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); संख्या-समास (numerical compound) — ‘संहितायाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — ‘खण्डे’

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — (अध्याये/माहात्म्ये)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्: the ‘Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya’
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); शीर्षक-रूपेण (as a title)

• आदिनारायणमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: the narration of the greatness of Ādi-Nārāyaṇa
• आदिनारायणमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि-नारायण-माहात्म्य-वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक; आदि + नारायण + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); शीर्षक-रूपेण

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः; नामनिर्देशक (particle meaning ‘named/called’)

• चतुरशीतितमः: eighty-fourth
• चतुरशीतितमः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरशीति-तम (प्रातिपदिक; चतुरशीति + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); संख्या-समास; विशेषण — ‘अध्यायः’

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

Speaker

Narrator (Colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādinārāyaṇa (as chapter topic) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-ending tableau: scribal colophon lines, chapter title ‘Ādinārāyaṇa-māhātmya-varṇana’, and the grand framing of Skanda Mahāpurāṇa’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Ādinārāyaṇa
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking the chapter’s completion and title, serving textual organization rather than a new doctrinal teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as indicated by the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya heading.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a manuscript-style chapter colophon.