Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 362

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य एकादशरुद्रलिंगमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विषष्ट्युत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dviṣaṣṭyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีสกันเทมหาปุราณะ—ในสังหิตาที่มีแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก—ในปรภาสขันฑะที่เจ็ด ภาคแรกคือปรภาสเกษตรมหาตมยะ บทที่ ๓๖๒ อันมีนามว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งรุทระลึงค์ทั้งสิบเอ็ด” ย่อมสิ้นสุดลงเพียงนี้

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle) — समाप्त्यर्थ (thus/end marker)

• श्री-स्कांदे: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्री-स्कांदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्कान्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘श्रीस्कान्दे (महापुराणे)’

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Mahāpurāṇa’

• एकाशीति-साहस्र्याम्: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• एकाशीति-साहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां (संहितायाम्)’ (in the eighty-one-thousand [collection])

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Saṃhitā’

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘सप्तमे (खण्डे)’ (in the seventh)

• प्रभास-खण्डे: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• प्रभास-खण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Prabhāsa section’

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘प्रथमे (माहात्म्ये/अध्याये)’ (in the first)

• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्ये: in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya
• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya’

• एकादश-रुद्र-लिङ्ग-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: the description of the greatness of the eleven-Rudra liṅga
• एकादश-रुद्र-लिङ्ग-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादश (संख्या) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — अध्याय-शीर्षक-रूपेण (as chapter title)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (title-marker particle) — ‘called/named’

• द्विषष्टि-उत्तर-त्रिशततमः: three-hundred-and-sixty-second
• द्विषष्टि-उत्तर-त्रिशततमः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विषष्टि (संख्या) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रिशततम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — अध्यायस्य विशेषणम् (the 362nd)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — ‘chapter’

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekādaśa-Rudra-liṅga (topic of the concluded chapter)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding manuscript panel naming the ‘Ekādaśa-Rudra-liṅga-māhātmya’ chapter; small iconography of eleven lingas arranged symmetrically beside the text.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Ekādaśa Rudra-liṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It marks the completion of a tīrtha-focused teaching unit, reinforcing the authority of the māhātmya tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Eleven Rudra-liṅga shrines within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a concluding title line for the chapter.