Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 323

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये क्षेमेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रयोविंशत्युत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kṣemeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้จบ “บทที่สามร้อยยี่สิบสาม ว่าด้วยการพรรณนามหิมาแห่งกเษเมศวร” ในปรภาสขันฑะ ภายในปรภาสเกษตรมหาตมยะ แห่งศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ ในสังหิตาที่มีแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก

Word by Word

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

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal adjective)

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• kṣemeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Kṣemeśvara
• kṣemeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣema-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as title)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable; नाम-शब्दः title-marker)

• trayoviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamaḥ: three-hundred-and-twenty-third
• trayoviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trayo-viṃśati-uttara-triśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣemeśvara (chapter title reference)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style ending: scribal colophon panel naming the chapter ‘Kṣemeśvara-māhātmya-varṇana’ with decorative flourishes and a small liṅga emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya
• Kṣemeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon marking textual completion rather than a doctrinal teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Kṣemeśvara Māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is an editorial closing statement for the chapter.