Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये दुःखान्तकारिणीतिलागौरीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पञ्चत्रिंदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye duḥkhāntakāriṇītilāgaurīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీ స్కంద మహాపురాణంలోని ఏకాశీతిసాహస్రీ సంహితలో, సప్తమ ప్రభాసఖండంలోని ప్రథమ ‘ప్రభాసక్షేత్రమాహాత్మ్య’ భాగంలో ‘దుఃఖాంతకారిణీ తిలాగౌరీమాహాత్మ్యవర్ణనం’ అనే 135వ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक) — quotative/end marker ‘thus’

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय; ‘holy Skanda’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular (in Skanda-)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) collection
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्विगु; numerical), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular; विशेषण (to saṃhitāyām)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘Prabhāsa section’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘glory of Prabhāsa-field’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular

• duḥkha-anta-kāriṇī-tilā-gaurī-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the Māhātmya of Tilā-Gaurī, the ender of sorrow
• duḥkha-anta-kāriṇī-tilā-gaurī-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tilā (प्रातिपदिक) + gaurī (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपदसमासः (प्रधानतः तत्पुरुष; शीर्षक-रूपेण), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (chapter-title)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/नामार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे निपातवत् प्रयोगः — indeclinable ‘named/called’

• pañca-triṃśat-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: the one hundred thirty-fifth
• pañca-triṃśat-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या) + triṃśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (तद्धित/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (संख्यावाचक-तत्पुरुष; ‘hundred plus thirty-five’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; विशेषण (to adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Colophon (editorial/recensional closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Duḥkhāntakāriṇī Tilāgaurī (chapter title reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript colophon scene: a palm-leaf or paper folio ending with the chapter title ‘Duḥkhāntakāriṇī Tilāgaurī Māhātmya’, scribal flourish, and a small shrine vignette in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Duḥkhāntakāriṇī
• Tilāgaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it emphasizes the authority and continuity of the Māhātmya tradition by formally closing the chapter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, explicitly named as the locus of the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a chapter-ending colophon identifying text, section, and title.