Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 233

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पांडवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रयस्त्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye pāṃḍaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీస్కాంద మహాపురాణము, ఏకాశీతిసాహస్రీ సంహిత, సప్తమ ప్రభాసఖండము, ప్రథమ ప్రభాసక్షేత్రమాహాత్మ్యములో ‘పాండవేశ్వరమాహాత్మ్యవర్ణనము’ అను 233వ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• śrīskānde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (śrī- as honorific qualifier)

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (साहस्री = ‘of a thousand’, here ‘eighty-one-thousand’)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; सप्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; प्रथम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the ‘Glory of the Prabhāsa sacred field’
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः

• pāṃḍaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the narration of the glory of Pāṇḍaveśvara
• pāṃḍaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṃḍava-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; पाण्डव + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः

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

• trayastriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: the 233rd
• trayastriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trayas-triṃśat-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; त्रयस् + त्रिंशत् + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण; समासः (संख्यापद-तत्पुरुषः) = ‘two-hundred-and-thirty-third’

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

Speaker

Textual colophon (editorial/narrative closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍaveśvara-māhātmya (chapter unit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter; a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background symbolizes the completed māhātmya unit.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• Pāṇḍaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it chiefly preserves scriptural transmission—identifying the māhātmya topic and anchoring the teaching within the Purāṇic corpus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the named topic: the glory of Pāṇḍaveśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending colophon that records title and placement.