Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभा सखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये वडवानलोत्पत्तिवृत्तान्ते दधीचिमहर्षये सर्वदेवकृतस्वस्वशस्त्रसमर्पणवर्णनंनामैकत्रिंशोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhā sakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vaḍavānalotpattivṛttānte dadhīcimaharṣaye sarvadevakṛtasvasvaśastrasamarpaṇavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśodhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری اسکند مہاپُران کی اکیاسی ہزار شلوکوں والی سنہتا کے ساتویں پرابھاس کھنڈ میں، پہلے پرابھاس کشترا ماہاتمیہ کے ضمن میں، وڈوانل کی پیدائش کے بیان میں، “مہارشی ددھیچی کے پاس تمام دیوتاؤں کے اپنے اپنے ہتھیار سپرد کرنے کی روداد” نامی اکتیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative 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; अधिकरणे (locative)

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• vaḍavānalotpattivṛttānte: in the account of the origin of Vaḍavānala
• vaḍavānalotpattivṛttānte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaḍavānala-utpatti-vṛttānta (प्रातिपदिक; वडवानल + उत्पत्ति + वृत्तान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• dadhīcimaharṣaye: to the great sage Dadhīci
• dadhīcimaharṣaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhīci-maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक; दधीचि + महर्षि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदानम् (dative)

• sarvadevakṛtasvasvaśastrasamarpaṇavarṇanam: the narration of the offering of each one’s own weapons made by all the gods
• sarvadevakṛtasvasvaśastrasamarpaṇavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-deva-kṛta-sva-sva-śastra-samarpaṇa-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + देव + कृत + स्व + स्व + शस्त्र + समर्पण + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नामपदम् (title-noun)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• ekatriṃśaḥ: thirty-first
• ekatriṃśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekatriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

Speaker

Colophon/Redactorial closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: a scribe’s colophon panel naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, and the chapter title about devas depositing weapons with Dadhīci in the Vaḍavānala origin narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya
• Vaḍavānala
• Dadhīci

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it preserves lineage and context—protecting the integrity of sacred transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly identified as the Māhātmya’s sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a textual closure naming the work’s internal divisions and topic.