Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्र माहात्म्ये मोक्षस्वामिमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम नवत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye mokṣasvāmimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma navatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீ ஸ்கந்த மஹாபுராணத்தின் எண்பத்தொன்று ஆயிரம் ச்லோகங்களைக் கொண்ட ஸம்ஹிதையில், ஏழாம் பிரபாசகண்டத்தின் முதல் பிரபாசக்ஷேத்ர மாஹாத்ம்யத்தில் ‘மோக்ஷஸ்வாமி மாஹாத்ம்ய வர்ணனம்’ எனும் பெயருடைய நூற்று தொண்ணூறாம் அதிகாரம் நிறைவுற்றது।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यर्थक निपात (quotative particle): ‘thus’

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय: ‘श्रीमान् स्कान्दः’ (in the venerable Skanda-)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय: ‘महच्च तत् पुराणं च’

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the (collection) of 81,000
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु: ‘एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः’ = ‘of eighty-one thousand (verses)’; ‘saṃhitāyām’ इति विशेषणम्

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘prabhāsakhaṇḍe’ इति विशेषणम्

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी): ‘प्रभासस्य खण्डः’

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘māhātmye’ इति विशेषणम्

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-परम्परा): ‘प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्’

• mokṣa-svāmi-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Mokṣasvāmin
• mokṣa-svāmi-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-परम्परा): ‘मोक्षस्वामिनः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्’

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशक निपात (appositive particle): ‘named/called’

• navati-uttara-śatatamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-ninetieth
• navati-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navati (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: ‘नवत्या उत्तरः शततमः’ = ‘the 190th’; ‘adhyāyaḥ’ इति विशेषणम्

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (Purāṇic redactor/reciter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mokṣasvāmi (chapter-title reference) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (outer frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style colophon scene: palm-leaf or birch-bark folios, a scribe concluding the chapter-title ‘Mokṣasvāmi-māhātmya’, with a faint backdrop of Somnātha coastline and temple silhouettes.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Mokṣasvāmi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It marks the completion of a tīrtha-glorification unit, reinforcing the authority and continuity of the Māhātmya tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Mokṣasvāmi within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a chapter colophon.