Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य उषेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नामैकसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya uṣeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀସ୍କନ୍ଦ ମହାପୁରାଣର ଏକାଶୀତି-ସାହସ୍ରୀ ସଂହିତାର ସପ୍ତମ ପ୍ରଭାସଖଣ୍ଡର ପ୍ରଥମ ପ୍ରଭାସକ୍ଷେତ୍ରମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟରେ “ଉଷେଶ୍ୱରମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟବର୍ଣ୍ଣନ” ନାମକ ଏକସପ୍ତତିତମ (୭୧ତମ) ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

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

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ग्रन्थ-नाम्नि

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• uṣeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Uṣeśvara
• uṣeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣa-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; उषा + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; अध्याय-शीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (designation particle)

• eka: one
• eka: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद; संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम् (in compound)

• saptatitamaḥ: seventy-first
• saptatitamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptati-tama (प्रातिपदिक; सप्ततिः + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Purāṇic colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style colophon scene: scribal flourish, concluding line with ‘iti śrīskānde…’ indicating closure of the Uṣeśvara-māhātmya chapter.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Uṣeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it preserves the textual tradition and identifies the māhātmya being taught.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Uṣeśvara Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending colophon providing bibliographic and hierarchical information.