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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे चतुर्थे द्वारकामाहात्म्ये द्वारकाक्षेत्रस्थसुदर्शनप्रमुखानन्तान्तचक्रचिह्नांकित पाषाणमाहात्म्यवर्णनपूर्वकतत्पूजनफलादिकथनंनाम सप्तत्रिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturthe dvārakāmāhātmye dvārakākṣetrasthasudarśanapramukhānantāntacakracihnāṃkita pāṣāṇamāhātmyavarṇanapūrvakatatpūjanaphalādikathanaṃnāma saptatriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa ganito nagwawakas ang ika-tatlumpu’t pitong kabanata sa kagalang-galang na Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, sa Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā, sa ikapitong Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa at ikaapat na Dvārakā Māhātmya, na pinamagatang: “Paglalarawan ng kadakilaan ng mga batong nasa banal na kṣetra ng Dvārakā na may tatak ng diskong-tanda—mula kay Sudarśana hanggang kay Ananta—kasama ang pagsasalaysay ng mga bunga ng kanilang pagsamba at kaugnay na bagay.”

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)
śrīskāṃdein the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrīskāṃde:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)
mahāpurāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahāpurāṇe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
ekāśītieighty-one
ekāśīti:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या-शब्दः; संख्याविशेषणम् (numeral)
sāhasryāmin the (section called) Sāhasrī
sāhasryām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र-सम्बन्धी)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
saptamein the seventh
saptame:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्
prabhāsakhaṇḍein the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
prabhāsakhaṇḍe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
caturthein the fourth
caturthe:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्
dvārakāmāhātmyein the Dvārakā-māhātmya
dvārakāmāhātmye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvārakā-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; द्वारका + माहात्म्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे
dvārakākṣetrasthasudarśanapramukhānantāntacakracihnāṃkitamarked with the signs of the discus etc., beginning with Sudarśana, located in the Dvārakā sacred field
dvārakākṣetrasthasudarśanapramukhānantāntacakracihnāṃkita:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvārakā-kṣetra-stha-sudarśana-pramukha-ananta-anta-cakra-cihna-aṅkita (प्रातिपदिक; बहुपद-समास)
Formविशेषणम्; (समासान्त) प्रातिपदिकम्; लिङ्ग/विभक्ति/वचनं—अनुवर्तते (agrees with following noun)
pāṣāṇa(the) stone
pāṣāṇa:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāṣāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देश (heading noun)
māhātmyagreatness, glory
māhātmya:
Karma (Object/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootmāhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक-भागः
varṇanadescription
varṇana:
Karma (Object/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇana (प्रातिपदिक; √varṇ (धातु) से)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक-भागः
pūrvakapreceded by
pūrvaka:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agrees with kathanaṃ)
tatof that
tat:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (in compound sense: 'of that')
pūjanaworship
pūjana:
Karma (Object/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootpūjana (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) से)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (compound member)
phalafruit, result
phala:
Karma (Object/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (compound member)
ādietc.
ādi:
Sambandha (Appender/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; 'आदि' (etc., and so on)
kathanaṃnarration, telling
kathanaṃ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkathana (प्रातिपदिक; √kath (धातु) से)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक-भागः
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)
saptatriṃśattamaḥthirty-seventh
saptatriṃśattamaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta-triṃśat-tama (प्रातिपदिक; 37th)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता/विषय-निर्देश
Speaker

Textual colophon (scribal/compilational closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (Sudarśana–Ananta cakra-cihna-aṅkita-pāṣāṇa-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Reciters/readers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe concluding a chapter; in the background, symbolic icons of Sudarśana and Ananta on stones, indicating the chapter’s theme.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Purāṇa
P
Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
D
Dvārakā
S
Sudarśana
A
Ananta
C
Cakra (discus)

FAQs

The colophon highlights that the chapter’s focus is the sanctity of Dvārakā’s sacred objects and the merit gained through their reverent worship.

Dvārakā-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.

Tat-pūjanam—worship of the cakra-marked stones (pāṣāṇas) associated with Sudarśana and Ananta, along with the promised fruits (phala).

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