Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासमाहात्म्ये श्रीसोमेश्वरैश्वर्यवर्णनं नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsamāhātmye śrīsomeśvaraiśvaryavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้จบลงเป็นอัธยายที่แปด ชื่อว่า “พรรณนาพระสิริอำนาจอันเป็นใหญ่ของศรีโสเมศวร” ในประภาสขัณฑะ ภายในประภาสมหาตมยะ แห่งศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ อันเป็นสังหิตาจำนวนแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก

Word by Word

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

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī-Skanda (Skanda Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समासः (śrī + skanda)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the great Purāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समासः

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः (ekāśīti + sāhasrī) = 'of eighty-one thousand'

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• prabhāsamāhātmye: in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya
• prabhāsamāhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः

• śrīsomeśvaraiśvaryavarṇanam: the description of the sovereignty/glory of Śrī Someśvara
• śrīsomeśvaraiśvaryavarṇanam: Karta (Title/Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-someśvara-aiśvarya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (śrī + someśvara + aiśvarya + varṇana)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नाम-निपात (appositive marker: 'called/named')

• aṣṭamaḥ: eighth
• aṣṭamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭama (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Colophon / redactional statement (narrator’s closing formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Māhātmya (Someśvara aiśvarya-varṇana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing tableau: scribes/pāṭhakās in a temple library, palm-leaf folios, with a small vignette of Somnātha shrine in the margin, signaling completion of ‘Someśvaraiśvarya-varṇana’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Māhātmya
• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual colophon, affirming the chapter’s theme: the sovereign glory of Someśvara at Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, centered on Śrī Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-ending identification line.