Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 314

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये मूलचंडीशमाहात्म्य ऋषितीर्थसंगममाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुर्दशोत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mūlacaṃḍīśamāhātmya ṛṣitīrthasaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ika-314 na kabanata, na pinamagatang “Paglalahad ng Kadakilaan ni Mūlacaṇḍīśa at ng Kadakilaan ng Tagpuan sa Ṛṣitīrtha,” sa unang Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya ng Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa ng Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa (Saṃhitā na may 81,000 taludtod).

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (indeclinable; quotative/concluding particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; सप्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; प्रथम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभास + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• mūlacaṃḍīśamāhātmya: (the section called) ‘Mūlacaṇḍīśa-māhātmya’
• mūlacaṃḍīśamāhātmya: Sambandha (Title/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla-caṃḍīśa-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; मूल + चण्डीश + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षक/नाम (title in nominative)

• ṛṣitīrthasaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam: the narration of the Māhātmya of the confluence at Ṛṣi-tīrtha
• ṛṣitīrthasaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam: Sambandha (Title/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi-tīrtha-saṃgama-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि + तीर्थ + संगम + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक/नाम

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक-निपात (indeclinable; naming particle)

• caturdaśottaratriśatatamaḥ: three hundred and fourteen (314th)
• caturdaśottaratriśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturdaśa-uttara-triśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर्दश + उत्तर + त्रिशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (chapter as heading)

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlacaṇḍīśa; Ṛṣitīrtha-saṅgama

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon moment: palm-leaf or paper folios with concluding rubric; a scribe marks the end of the chapter dedicated to Mūlacaṇḍīśa and Ṛṣitīrtha-saṅgama.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya
• Mūlacaṇḍīśa
• Ṛṣitīrtha-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual marker, preserving the adhyāya’s scope: tīrtha-glory and deity-glory within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṣitīrtha-saṅgama within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; this is a chapter-ending colophon summarizing the topic.