Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये संनिहित्यामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पंचाशीतितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye saṃnihityāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਸਕੰਦ ਮਹਾਪੁਰਾਣ ਦੀ ਏਕਾਸ਼ੀਤੀ-ਸਾਹਸ੍ਰੀ ਸੰਹਿਤਾ ਦੇ ਸੱਤਵੇਂ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਸਖੰਡ ਵਿੱਚ, ਪ੍ਰਭਾਸਖੇਤਰਮਾਹਾਤਮ੍ਯ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਭਾਗ ਅੰਦਰ ‘ਸੰਨਿਹਿਤਿਆ-ਮਾਹਾਤਮ੍ਯ ਦਾ ਵਰਣਨ’ ਨਾਮਕ ਪਚਾਸੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Colophon marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यन्त-निपात (thus)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the revered Skanda-)

• महापुराणे: in the great Purāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the Mahāpurāṇa)

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + अशीति + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषण (in the eighty-one-thousand [collection])

• संहितायाम्: in the saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the Saṃhitā)

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (in the seventh)

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the Prabhāsa section)

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (in the first)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

• संनिहित्यामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम: (chapter) named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Saṃnihityā’
• संनिहित्यामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम: Karta (Title/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिहित्या + माहात्म्य + वर्णन + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अध्याय-नाम (title in nominative)

• पंचाशीतितमः: eighty-fifth
• पंचाशीतितमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + अशीति + तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (eighty-fifth)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्ता/विधेय (nom sg)

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃnihityā (chapter title reference)

Type: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-ending tableau: scribes conclude a chapter, mark the title ‘Saṃnihityā-māhātmya-varṇanam’, and offer salutations to Skanda Mahāpurāṇa’s authority.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Saṃnihityā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a structural colophon marking the completion of a māhātmya unit devoted to Saṃnihityā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃnihityā tīrtha, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an editorial chapter-ending statement.