Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 50

Dialogue of Gobhila and Padmāvatī: Daitya Obstruction vs. the Power of Pativratā Dharma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने सुकलाचरित्रे । पंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne sukalācaritre | paṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखण्डे वेनोपाख्याने सुकलाचरित्रे पञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/‘thus’ marker)

• श्रीपद्मपुराणे: in the Śrī Padma Purāṇa
• श्रीपद्मपुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-पद्म-पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—श्रीपद्मपुराण (name of text)

• भूमिखंडे: in the Bhūmikhaṇḍa section
• भूमिखंडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि-खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—भूमेः खण्डः

• वेनोपाख्याने: in the episode of Vena
• वेनोपाख्याने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेन-उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—वेनस्य उपाख्यानम्

• सुकलाचरित्रे: in the narrative of Sukalā
• सुकलाचरित्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकला-चरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—सुकलायाः चरित्रम्

• पंचाशत्तमः: fiftieth
• पंचाशत्तमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत्-तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon statement; not part of the dialogue)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः = पंचाशत्तमः + अध्यायः (विसर्ग-सन्धि: ओऽ).

Characters & Entities

• Padma Purāṇa
• Bhūmi-khaṇḍa
• Vena
• Sukalā

FAQs

What is this verse within the Padma Purāṇa—content or a closing marker?

It is a colophon (ending marker) that identifies the text section: Bhūmi-khaṇḍa, the Vena-upākhyāna, the Sukalā-caritra, and that this is Chapter 50.

Who is speaking in this verse?

No character is speaking; it is an editorial/narratorial colophon used by scribes and reciters to mark the end of a chapter.

What is the practical use of such colophons for digital archiving and study?

They provide precise structural metadata (work, khaṇḍa, sub-narrative, chapter number), enabling reliable citation, indexing, search, and cross-manuscript alignment.