Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 218

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एका शीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये मानवेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टादशोत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری اسکانْد مہاپُران میں—اکیاسی ہزار شلوکوں والی سنہتا کے اندر—ساتویں پرَبھاس کھنڈ کے پہلے حصے ‘پرَبھاس کْشیتْر ماہاتمْیہ’ میں ‘مانویشور کی عظمت کے بیان’ نامی باب، یعنی باب 218، اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-निपात

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa section
• prabhāsakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the glory of Mānaveśvara
• mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava-īśvara-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; मानव + ईश्वर + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; शीर्षकनिर्देशक (named/called)

• aṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamaḥ: two-hundred-eighteenth
• aṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭādaśa-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; अष्टादश + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal: 218th)

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual marker)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe marking the end of a chapter titled Mānavīśvara-māhātmya; temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Mānavīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon confirming the topic and chapter boundary for accurate transmission and study.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānavīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the named chapter theme.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a textual closing statement.