Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये राह्वीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पंचाशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye rāhvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบลงแล้วเป็นอธยายที่ห้าสิบ ชื่อว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งราหวีศวร” ในภาคแรก ‘ประภาสเกษตรมหาตมยะ’ แห่งประภาสขันธ์ที่เจ็ด ภายในศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ อันมีแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันศลก

Word by Word

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

• śrī-skāṃde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘श्रीमान् स्कन्दः’ इति/‘श्रीस्कन्द’ (honorific)

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

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (81-thousand [verses] collection)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• 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: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

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

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

• 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: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• rāhvīśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the glory of Rāhvīśvara
• rāhvīśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhvīśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (राह्वीश्वरस्य माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-निर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable: ‘named/called’)

• paṃcāśaḥ: fiftieth
• paṃcāśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃcāśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (ordinal sense: fiftieth)

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

Speaker

Colophon (textual closing formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāhvīśvara (chapter title reference)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing panel: scribal colophon naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, and the chapter title ‘Rāhvīśvara-māhātmya’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
• Rāhvīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its function is to authenticate and label the chapter rather than teach doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Rāhvīśvara māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a textual closure statement.