Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 271

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशातिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये ज्वालेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकसप्तत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśātisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jvāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikasaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim termina, no venerável Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—na Saṃhitā de oitenta e um mil versos—no sétimo Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, dentro do Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, o capítulo chamado “Descrição da Grandeza de Jvāleśvara”, sendo o Capítulo 271.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक-निपात (quotative/closure particle)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + skanda (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘glorious Skanda’)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• ekāśāti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśāti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśāti + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numerical) — ‘in the (collection) of 81,000’

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

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

• prabhāsa-khaṃḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṃḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa + khaṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘Prabhāsa’s section’)

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

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa + kṣetra + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’)

• jvāleśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of Jvāleśvara’s greatness
• jvāleśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvāleśvara + māhātmya + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘description of the greatness of Jvāleśvara’)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha/Label
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (‘named/called’)

• eka-saptati-uttara-dviśatatamaḥ: the 271st
• eka-saptati-uttara-dviśatatamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka + saptati + uttara + dviśatatama (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समासः (201+70+1 = 271) ‘the 271st’

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

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jvāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal end-of-chapter marker: a reciter closes the manuscript after narrating Jvāleśvara’s greatness; a small shrine silhouette and a flame motif signify the just-completed topic.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Jvāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon used for textual organization and citation; it frames the Māhātmya as a discrete unit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jvāleśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending identifier.