Shloka 8 - Adhyaya 8 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासमाहात्म्ये श्रीसोमेश्वरैश्वर्यवर्णनं नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsamāhātmye śrīsomeśvaraiśvaryavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीस्कान्दमहापुराणे एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासमाहात्म्ये ‘श्रीसोमेश्वरैश्वर्यवर्णनम्’ नाम अष्टमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।

Word by Word

itithus

śrīskāndein the Śrī-Skanda (Skanda Purāṇa)

mahāpurāṇein the great Purāṇa

ekāśītisāhasryāmin the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)

saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā

saptamein the seventh

prabhāsakhaṇḍein the Prabhāsa section

prathamein the first

prabhāsamāhātmyein the Prabhāsa-māhātmya

śrīsomeśvaraiśvaryavarṇanamthe description of the sovereignty/glory of Śrī Someśvara

nāmanamed/called

aṣṭamaḥeighth

adhyāyaḥchapter

Speaker

Colophon / redactional statement (narrator’s closing formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Māhātmya (Someśvara aiśvarya-varṇana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing tableau: scribes/pāṭhakās in a temple library, palm-leaf folios, with a small vignette of Somnātha shrine in the margin, signaling completion of ‘Someśvaraiśvarya-varṇana’.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Mahāpurāṇa

Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Prabhāsa Māhātmya

Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual colophon, affirming the chapter’s theme: the sovereign glory of Someśvara at Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, centered on Śrī Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending identification line.