Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां चतुर्थे काशीखंड उत्तरार्धे केदारमहिमाख्यानं नाम सप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍa uttarārdhe kedāramahimākhyānaṃ nāma saptasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீஸ்கந்த மகாபுராணத்தின் ஏகாஶீதி-ஸாஹஸ்ரீ ஸம்ஹிதையின் நான்காம் பகுதியில் உள்ள காசீகண்டத்தின் உத்தரார்த்தத்தில் ‘கேதார மகிமாக்யானம்’ எனப்படும் எழுபத்தேழாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது।

Word by Word

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

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

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśīti: eighty-one
• ekāśīti: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (numeral adjective)

• sāhasryām: in the Sahasrī (section of a thousand)
• sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र-सम्बन्धिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

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

• caturthe: in the fourth
• caturthe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• kāśīkhaṇḍe: in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa
• kāśīkhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; काशी + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• uttarārdhe: in the latter half
• uttarārdhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara-ardha (प्रातिपदिक; उत्तर + अर्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• kedāramahimākhyānam: (the section) ‘Narrative of Kedāra’s greatness’
• kedāramahimākhyānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kedāra-mahimā-ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक; केदार + महिमा + आख्यान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षकवाचकं नामधेयम्

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः (designation marker)

• saptasaptatitamaḥ: seventy-seventh
• saptasaptatitamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta-saptati-tama (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + सप्तति + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Redactional colophon (narrator/editorial closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kāśī-Kedāra/Kedāreśvara)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style colophon scene: sages/reciters in Kāśī conclude the Kedāra-māhātmya; a subtle vignette of Kedāreśvara liṅga near a ghāṭa with Gaṅgā flowing behind.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Kāśī Khaṇḍa
• Uttarārdha
• Kedāramahimākhyāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a structural colophon marking completion of a māhātmya chapter rather than a doctrinal teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāreśvara tradition within Kāśī Khaṇḍa is identified as the chapter’s theme.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is an editorial/recensional closure statement.