Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्डे रुद्रह्रदमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o quinquagésimo quinto capítulo, chamado “Descrição da Grandeza de Rudra-hrada”, na terceira subdivisão (Arbuda Khaṇḍa) do sétimo livro (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) do Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, no compêndio de oitenta e um mil versos.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-निपात (quotative particle “thus”)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कान्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; अधिकरणे—“in the Śrī Skanda( Purāṇa)”

• mahāpurāṇe: in the great Purāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणत्वेन—“in the great Purāṇa”

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्याविशेषणम्—“in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand”

• saṃhitāyām: in the saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्—“in the Saṃhitā”

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्—“in the seventh” (khaṇḍa)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्—“in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa”

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्—“in the third” (khaṇḍa)

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda section
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्—“in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa”

• rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Rudra-hrada
• rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra-hrada-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + ह्रद + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; अध्यायनामरूपेण विषयवाचकम्

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle meaning “named/called”)

• pañcapañcāśattamaḥ: fifty-fifth
• pañcapañcāśattamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca-pañcāśat-tama (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + पञ्चाशत् + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्—“fifty-fifth”

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; मुख्यवाच्यः

Speaker

Narrator/Colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudra-hrada (chapter title reference)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: scribal colophon with chapter title ‘Rudrahrada-māhātmya-varṇana’, indicating completion of adhyāya 55.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Arbuda Khaṇḍa
• Rudra-hrada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon: it preserves the chapter’s identity and transmission, emphasizing the Purāṇic tradition of safeguarding tīrtha-glories through structured narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudra-hrada, explicitly named as the subject of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as a chapter-ending colophon and catalog entry.