Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 218

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एका शीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये मानवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टादशोत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీ స్కాంద మహాపురాణము—ఏకాశీతి సహస్ర శ్లోకసంహితలో—సప్తమ ప్రభాసఖండము, ప్రథమ ‘ప్రభాసక్షేత్రమాహాత్మ్య’ విభాగములో ‘మానవీశ్వరమాహాత్మ్యవర్ణన’ నామ 218వ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-निपात

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Mānaveśvara
• mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; मानव + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; शीर्षकनिर्देशक (named/called)

• aṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamaḥ: two-hundred-eighteenth
• aṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭādaśa-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; अष्टादश + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal: 218th)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual marker)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe marking the end of a chapter titled Mānavīśvara-māhātmya; temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Mānavīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon confirming the topic and chapter boundary for accurate transmission and study.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānavīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the named chapter theme.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a textual closing statement.