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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 292

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये न्यंकुमतीमाहात्म्ये भद्रकालीबालार्कमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विनवत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nyaṃkumatīmāhātmye bhadrakālībālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvinavatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीस्कान्दमहापुराणे एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये न्यंकुमतीमाहात्म्ये भद्रकालीबालार्कमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम द्विनवत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
śrīskāṃdein the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrīskāṃde:
Adhikarana (Text-locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कान्द)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; ‘श्रीमान् स्कान्दः’ (कर्मधारय)
mahāpurāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahāpurāṇe:
Adhikarana (Text-locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; कर्मधारय
ekāśītisāhasryāmin the eighty-one-thousand (verses) recension
ekāśītisāhasryām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीति + साहस्री)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular; विशेषण (संहितायाम्); द्विगु (संख्यापूर्वक)
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikarana (Text-locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular
saptamein the seventh
saptame:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; विशेषण (खण्डे)
prabhāsakhaṇḍein the Prabhāsa section
prabhāsakhaṇḍe:
Adhikarana (Section-locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; ‘प्रभासस्य खण्डः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
prathamein the first
prathame:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; विशेषण (माहात्म्ये)
prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyein the ‘Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye:
Adhikarana (Section-locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; ‘प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
nyaṃkumatīmāhātmyein the ‘Glory of Nyaṃkumatī’
nyaṃkumatīmāhātmye:
Adhikarana (Section-locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnyaṃkumatī-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; न्यंकुमती + माहात्म्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; ‘न्यंकुमत्याः माहात्म्यम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
bhadrakālībālārkamāhātmyavarṇanamthe narration of the glory of Bhadrakālī and Bālārka
bhadrakālībālārkamāhātmyavarṇanam:
Karma (Appositional title)
TypeNoun
Rootbhadrakālī-bālārka-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; भद्रकाली + बालार्क + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; शीर्षक-समास (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष)
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (Naming)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
Formनाम-निर्देशक अव्यय (indeclinable: ‘named’)
dvinavatyuttaradviśatatamaḥthe 292nd
dvinavatyuttaradviśatatamaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi-navati-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + नवति + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; विशेषण (अध्यायः); ‘द्विशतस्य द्विनवत्युत्तरः’ (संख्यावाचक-तत्पुरुष)
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nyaṅkumatī (within Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter, with the title of Bhadrakālī and Bālārka māhātmya displayed, temple silhouettes in the background.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Purāṇa
P
Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
P
Prabhāsakṣetra
N
Nyaṅkumatī
B
Bhadrakālī
B
Bālārka

FAQs

It authenticates and demarcates a tīrtha-focused teaching unit, framing Bhadrakālī and Bālārka as pillars of Prabhāsa’s sacred landscape.

Prabhāsakṣetra, with emphasis on the Bhadrakālī–Bālārka sacred locus in the Nyaṅkumatī Māhātmya.

None in the colophon itself; ritual details occur within the chapter.

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