Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये भैरवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्याय

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāya

Translation

Assim termina o sexagésimo terceiro capítulo, chamado “Descrição da Grandeza de Bhairaveśvara”, no Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, dentro do Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, do Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, na compilação de oitenta e um mil śloka.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Text locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक; components: श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Text locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-पुराण (प्रातिपदिक; components: महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Text division/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति-साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक; components: एकाशीति + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संहितायाम्)

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

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Ordinal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (खण्डे)

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Section/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; components: प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (Ordinal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (माहात्म्ये)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the ‘Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya’
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Topic locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक; components: प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भैरवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम: (the section) named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Bhairaveśvara’
• भैरवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम: Visheshya (Title/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव-ईश्वर-माहात्म्य-वर्णन-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; components: भैरव + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन + नामन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शीर्षकवाचक (title phrase)

• त्रिषष्टितमः: sixty-third
• त्रिषष्टितमः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिषष्टितम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्यायः)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta/Topic (Heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (within Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style colophon scene: a palm-leaf manuscript or birch-bark folio with the chapter title ‘Bhairaveśvara-māhātmya’ concluded; a quiet shrine silhouette of Bhairava in the background, lamps dimming at the end of recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Bhairaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; it primarily preserves textual structure and the chapter’s focus for transmission and study.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhairaveśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the named topic of this completed chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as a chapter-ending rubric.