Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

इतिश्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य एकादशरुद्रमाहात्म्ये नील रुद्रमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टाशीतितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

itiśrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye nīla rudramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీ స్కాంద మహాపురాణంలోని ఏకాశీతిసాహస్రీ సంహితలో, సప్తమ ప్రభాసఖండంలో, ప్రథమ ప్రభాసక్షేత్రమాహాత్మ్యము మరియు ఏకాదశరుద్రమాహాత్మ్యములో ‘నీలరుద్రమాహాత్మ్యవర్ణనం’ అనే ఎనభై ఎనిమిదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

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

• śrīskāṃde: in the revered 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, एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying saṃhitāyām)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying prabhāsakhaṇḍe)

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying māhātmye understood)

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekādaśarudramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the eleven Rudras
• ekādaśarudramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa-rudra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; एकादश + रुद्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• nīla: blue; Nīla-
• nīla: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying rudramāhātmya- in compound sense)

• rudramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Rudra
• rudramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Title/कर्ता-रूपे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपे (as title)

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/नाम-शब्दः)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निर्देशकः; title-marker)

• aṣṭāśītitamaḥ: eighty-eighth
• aṣṭāśītitamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭāśīti-tama (प्रातिपदिक; अष्टाशीतिः + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद-रूपे (chapter-title subject)

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlarudra Māhātmya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; Ekādaśa-rudra Māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter; a decorative end-marker (puṣpikā) and temple silhouette evoke Prabhāsa and the Eleven Rudras cycle.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Ekādaśa Rudra
• Nīlarudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It authenticates the māhātmya as part of the Prabhāsa pilgrimage-teaching tradition within the Skanda Purāṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Nīlarudra shrine in the Eleven Rudras cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a formal chapter conclusion.