Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां प्रथमे माहेश्वरखण्डे कौमारिकाखंडे नीलकंठमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe nīlakaṃṭhamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o quinquagésimo sétimo capítulo, chamado «Descrição da Grandeza de Nīlakaṇṭha», no Kaumārikā Khaṇḍa do primeiro Māheśvara Khaṇḍa do Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dentro da Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• 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 (7th/Locative); एकवचन

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीति + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to saṃhitāyām)

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to khaṇḍe understood)

• māheśvarakhaṇḍe: in the Māheśvara section
• māheśvarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māheśvara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; माहेश्वर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• kaumārikākhaṇḍe: in the Kaumārikā section
• kaumārikākhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaumārikā-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; कौमारिका + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• nīlakaṃṭhamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Nīlakaṇṭha
• nīlakaṃṭhamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla-kaṃṭha-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; नील + कण्ठ + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

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

• saptapañcāśattamaḥ: fifty-seventh
• saptapañcāśattamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta-pañcāśat-tama (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + पञ्चाशत् + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlakaṇṭha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like closing tableau: sages in an assembly conclude the narration of Nīlakaṇṭha’s greatness; a scribe’s palm-leaf or birch-bark folio with the chapter title visually emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Māheśvara Khaṇḍa
• Kaumārikā Khaṇḍa
• Nīlakaṇṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its purpose is to authenticate and title the chapter rather than teach a doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nīlakaṇṭha, as the chapter’s named māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a textual closing formula.