Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 178

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये भार्गवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टसप्तत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhārgaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭasaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้จบอัธยายที่หนึ่งร้อยเจ็ดสิบแปด ชื่อ “อธิบายมหิมาแห่งภารคเวศวร” ในตอนแรก “ประภาสเกษตรมหาตมยะ” ภายในประภาสขันฑะ (ขันฑะที่เจ็ด) แห่งศรีสกันทะมหาปุราณะ ในสังหิตาแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก

Word by Word

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

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numerical descriptor)

• 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; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

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

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

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya 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

• bhārgaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the narration of the greatness of Bhārgaveśvara
• bhārgaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārgava-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; भार्गव + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• nāma: named/entitled
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle: ‘called/entitled’)

• aṣṭasaptatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: the one hundred seventy-eighth
• aṣṭasaptatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa-saptati-uttara-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + सप्तति + उत्तर + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal: 178th)

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

Speaker

Colophon / Redactional closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārgaveśvara (chapter colophon)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Closing manuscript colophon for Bhārgaveśvara-mahātmya: decorative end-flourish, small liṅga icon, and a pilgrim couple departing to the next station.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Bhārgaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it primarily preserves textual structure rather than teaching doctrine; it frames the māhātmya as authoritative sacred narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhārgaveśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, identified as the focus of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending colophon.