Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 189

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासज्ञेत्रमाहात्म्ये कर्ममोटीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकोननवत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsajñetramāhātmye karmamoṭīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری اسکند مہاپُران—اکیاسی ہزار شلوکوں والی سنہتا کے اندر—ساتویں پرَبھاس کھنڈ کے پہلے حصے ‘پرَبھاس کْشَیتر ماہاتمیہ’ میں ‘کرمموٹی کی عظمت کی توصیف’ نامی باب، یعنی ایک سو نواسیواں باب، اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saṃhitāyām)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (khaṇḍe)

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

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

• prabhāsajñetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsajñetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे; पाठभेदः: 'jñetra' इति लिखितं, अपेक्षितं 'kṣetra'

• karmamoṭīmāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Karmamoṭī
• karmamoṭīmāhātmyavarṇanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karmamoṭī-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विषय/शीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः

• ekonanavatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: the 189th
• ekonanavatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona-navati-uttara-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (Purāṇic redactor/reciter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karmamoṭī (chapter title reference)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka/ṛṣi-assembly (generic Purāṇic setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe concluding the chapter title ‘Karmamoṭī-māhātmya-varṇana’, with a small shrine silhouette of Prabhāsa in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Karmamoṭī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It formally seals the Māhātmya narrative, emphasizing the Purāṇic method of preserving sacred geography and merit through structured chapters.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Karmamoṭī within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly—this is a concluding colophon summarizing the chapter’s topic.