Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये लक्ष्मीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुःषष्टितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye lakṣmīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀସ୍କାନ୍ଦ ମହାପୁରାଣର ଏକାଶୀତି-ସାହସ୍ରୀ ସଂହିତାର ସପ୍ତମ ପ୍ରଭାସଖଣ୍ଡର ପ୍ରଥମ ପ୍ରଭାସକ୍ଷେତ୍ରମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟରେ ‘ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀଶ୍ୱରମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟବର୍ଣ୍ଣନ’ ନାମକ ଚତୁଃଷଷ୍ଟିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Textual marker (Quotation/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक

• śrīskāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; śrī + skānda)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् स्कान्दः)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• ekāśīti: eighty-one
• ekāśīti: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (81) संख्या-विशेषण

• sāhasryām: in the Sāhasrī (collection)
• sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (साहस्री-संहिता)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासस्य खण्डः)

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in (the section) ‘Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• lakṣmīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the narration of the glory of Lakṣmīśvara
• lakṣmīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (लक्ष्मीश्वरस्य माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Apposition marker (नामार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (designation marker)

• catuḥṣaṣṭitamaḥ: sixty-fourth
• catuḥṣaṣṭitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥ-ṣaṣṭi-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (64) + तम (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmīśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: End-of-chapter colophon: the title ‘Lakṣmīśvara-māhātmya’ highlighted; a final ārati lamp before the liṅga; pilgrims bow and move onward to the next station in Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Lakṣmīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; it preserves the chapter identity and transmission details rather than teaching a doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmīśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the named subject of the completed chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending rubric.