Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 347

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये नारदेश्वरीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तचत्वारिंशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nāradeśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptacatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบลงเป็นอันสิ้นสุด บทที่ ๓๔๘ อันมีนามว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งนารเทศวรี” ในประภาสขันฑะ ตอนประภาสเกษตรมหาตมยะ แห่งศรีสกันทมหาปุราณ สังหิตาแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Discourse marker (उक्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कन्दसम्बन्धि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-ग्रन्थनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (संहितायाम्)

• saṃhitāyām: in the compendium
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (खण्डे)

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रभासस्य खण्डः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (माहात्म्ये)

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the ‘Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• nārada-īśvarī-māhātmya-varṇanam: the narration of the glory of Nāradeśvarī
• nārada-īśvarī-māhātmya-varṇanam: Predicate/Title (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (नारदेश्वर्याः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; शीर्षकवाचक

• nāma: named
• nāma: Apposition marker (संज्ञासूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (title marker)

• sapta-catvāriṃśad-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: the three-hundred-forty-seventh
• sapta-catvāriṃśad-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या) + catvāriṃśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + triśata (संख्या) + tama (तमप्)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-समास/समाहार (त्रिशतस्य उत्तरं सप्तचत्वारिंशत् = 347; तदर्थे क्रमवाचक -तम); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (अध्यायः)

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closing formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāradeśvarī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding manuscript rubric: the chapter title 'Nāradeśvarī-māhātmya' highlighted; a small icon of Devī beside the text, indicating closure and transition to the next itinerary segment.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Nāradeśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It marks the formal completion of the Nāradeśvarī Māhātmya, preserving the textual lineage of sacred-place praise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāradeśvarī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a concluding colophon for the chapter.