Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये भैरवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀସ୍କନ୍ଦ ମହାପୁରାଣର ଏକାଶୀତିସାହସ୍ରୀ ସଂହିତାର ସପ୍ତମ ପ୍ରଭାସଖଣ୍ଡର ପ୍ରଥମ ‘ପ୍ରଭାସକ୍ଷେତ୍ରମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ’ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ‘ଭୈରବେଶ୍ୱରମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟବର୍ଣ୍ଣନ’ ନାମକ ଏକଚାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śrīmān skandaḥ)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekāśīti + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; द्विगु (81-thousand [verses/units])

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (prabhāsasya khaṇḍaḥ)

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with implied ‘adhyāya/adhikaraṇa’), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa + kṣetra + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (prabhāsasya kṣetrasya māhātmyam)

• bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of Bhairaveśvara’s greatness
• bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Title/Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairaveśvara + māhātmya + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (bhairaveśvarasya māhātmyasya varṇanam)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; नाम-शब्दः शीर्षकसूचक (title-marker)

• eka-catvāriṃśaḥ: forty-first
• eka-catvāriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka + catvāriṃśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु (41st)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style chapter colophon: a scribe concludes the Bhairaveśvara-māhātmya; in the background, the sacred coastal landscape of Prabhāsa with a Śiva-liṅga shrine and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Bhairaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking textual closure; it emphasizes the tradition of preserving tīrtha-glories as authoritative dharma literature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, via the chapter dedicated to Bhairaveśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this verse functions as a chapter-ending reference note.