Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये रैवंतकराजभट्टारकमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षष्ट्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye raivaṃtakarājabhaṭṭārakamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบบทที่หนึ่งร้อยหกสิบ ชื่อว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งไรวันตกะ ราชภัฏฏารกะ” ในประภาสขันฑะ แห่งศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ ภายในประภาสกษेत्रมหาตมยะ ภาคแรก

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (indeclinable; quotative/end-marker “thus”)

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Locative; Singular)

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Feminine; Locative; Singular); संख्याविशेषण (numerical qualifier)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Locative; Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Locative; Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in (the section) ‘Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field’
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Locative; Singular)

• raivaṃtakarājabhaṭṭārakamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Raivaṃtaka King Bhaṭṭāraka
• raivaṃtakarājabhaṭṭārakamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raivaṃtaka-rāja-bhaṭṭāraka-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Nominative/Accusative; Singular); शीर्षक-रूपेण (as a title)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: निपात; नाम-निर्देशक (particle indicating ‘called/named’)

• ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-sixtieth
• ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭi-uttara-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Nominative; Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Nominative; Singular)

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivantaka Rāja-bhaṭṭāraka (chapter topic)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript folio ending: scribal colophon lines with decorative separators; a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the margin; the chapter title ‘Raivantaka Rāja-bhaṭṭāraka-māhātmya’ highlighted.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya
• Raivantaka Rāja-bhaṭṭāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; it formally closes the chapter and preserves its title for transmission and study.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivantaka Rāja-bhaṭṭāraka within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending identification line.