Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये गजकुंभोदरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पञ्चचत्वा रिंशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gajakuṃbhodaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvā riṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается в святой «Сканда-махапуране» — в Самхите из восьмидесяти одной тысячи стихов — в седьмой части, Прабхаса-кханде, в первой ее книге, «Махатмье священной области Прабхасы», сто сорок пятая глава, озаглавленная «Описание величия Гаджакумбходары».

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīskānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कान्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• gaja-kuṃbha-udara-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Gajakuṃbhodara
• gaja-kuṃbha-udara-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Title/कर्ता-रूपे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja-kuṃbha-udara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; गज + कुम्भ + उदर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपे

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

• pañca-catvāriṃśad-uttara-śatatamaḥ: the one hundred forty-fifth
• pañca-catvāriṃśad-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatama (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्चचत्वारिंशत् + उत्तर + शततम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual rubric)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; chapter: Gajakuṃbhodara-māhātmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios with red rubrication; a scribe’s hand finishing the chapter title ‘Gajakuṃbhodara-māhātmya’; a small vignette of Prabhāsa coastline and a Śiva shrine in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa
• Gajakuṃbhodara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It marks the completion of a Māhātmya chapter, emphasizing that the text is structured to glorify sacred places and their merit (puṇya) through authoritative narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, with the chapter specifically dedicated to the greatness of Gajakuṃbhodara within that sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a colophon identifying the scripture’s location and the chapter title.