Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 306

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सांबादित्य माहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षडुत्तरत्रिशततमोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye sāṃbāditya māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍuttaratriśatatamodhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบอธยายที่ ๓๐๖ ชื่อว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งพระสัมพาทิตย์” ในภาคแรก ‘ประภาสเกษตรมหาตมยะ’ แห่งคัมภีร์ที่เจ็ด ‘ประภาสขันฑะ’ ภายในศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ สังหิตาที่มีแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक-निगमन/उपसंहारसूचक (quotative/concluding particle)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः—“श्रीमान् स्कन्दः”/“श्री-स्कन्दः” (honorific)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—“एकाशीतिसहस्रसंख्यायुक्ता” (in the eighty-one-thousand [verses/units])

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• प्रभासखण्डे: in the Prabhāsa section
• प्रभासखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध)

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—“प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्”

• सांबादित्य: Sāmbāditya (name/title)
• सांबादित्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—“सांबस्य आदित्यः/सांब-आदित्यः” (name)

• माहात्म्यवर्णनम्: the narration of the glory
• माहात्म्यवर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—“माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्”

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (designation marker: “called/named”)

• षडुत्तरत्रिशततमः: three-hundred-and-sixth
• षडुत्तरत्रिशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रिशत (संख्या) + तम (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (संख्यासमासः) + तमप्रत्ययः; अर्थः—“त्रिशतं षडुत्तरम्” = 306th

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe or reciter concludes the chapter; palm-leaf manuscript or bound folios rest on a wooden stand; a small lamp burns steadily, signifying completion and preservation of sacred knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya
• Sāmbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a textual colophon marking completion; it frames the passage as a Māhātmya dedicated to Sāmbāditya in Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, via the Sāmbāditya Māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this verse is a chapter-ending colophon giving bibliographic and structural metadata.