Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 224

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य इन्द्रेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुर्विंशत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya indreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบลงแล้วซึ่งอธยายที่ ๒๒๔ อันมีนามว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งอินทเรศวร” ในประภาสขันฑะที่เจ็ด ภายในประภาสเกษตรมหาตมยะภาคแรก แห่งศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ ในเอกาศีติสาหัสรีสํหิตา

Word by Word

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

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: (in) the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समासः (sāhasrī = ‘of thousand’, qualified by number 81)

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

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

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

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

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

• indreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the narration of the glory of Indreśvara
• indreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Title/उद्देश्य-शीर्षक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/नामनिर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-शब्दः; नामार्थक-निपातः ‘called’)

• caturviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: two-hundred-and-twenty-fourth
• caturviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur-viṃśati-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + विंशति + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समासः (224th)

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

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara-māhātmya (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: scribal flourish marking the end of the chapter ‘Indreśvara-māhātmya-varṇana’ within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya
• Indreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its purpose is to authenticate and index the scripture’s structure rather than teach a doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with the chapter specifically dedicated to Indreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a chapter-ending colophon.