Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये प्रभासेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम दशोत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prabhāseśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้แล จบเป็นอธยายที่หนึ่งร้อยสิบ ชื่อว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งประภาเสศวร” ในภาคแรก ประภาสกเษตรมหาตมยะ แห่งคัมภีร์ที่เจ็ด ประภาสขันฑะ ในศรีสกันทมหาปุราณอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ฉบับสังหิตาแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/thus)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; अधिकरण (in)

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) collection
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to khaṇḍa)

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to māhātmya)

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

• prabhāseśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the narration of the greatness of Prabhāseśvara
• prabhāseśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (title/topic)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (particle meaning ‘named/called’)

• daśottaraśatatamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-tenth
• daśottaraśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa-uttara-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; दश + उत्तर + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāseśvara-māhātmya (chapter designation)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe completes a palm-leaf manuscript; the final colophon line is written; a small shrine lamp burns beside the manuscript, signaling chapter completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Prabhāseśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual seal, emphasizing the authority and completed teaching of the Prabhāseśvara Māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the concluded Prabhāseśvara Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending colophon giving bibliographic structure.