Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 351

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सुपर्णेलामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकपञ्चाशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye suparṇelāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں معزز اسکند مہاپُران میں—اکیاسی ہزار شلوکوں والی سنہتا میں—ساتویں پرَبھاس کھنڈ کے پہلے حصے، مقدس پرَبھاس کْشیتْر ماہاتمیہ میں، “سُپرنیلا کی عظمت کا بیان” نامی باب، یعنی باب ۳۵۲، اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Colophon marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरण) = closing particle; 'thus'

• śrī-skānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('श्रीमान् स्कन्दः' / honorific); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-ग्रन्थनाम, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)'

• mahā-purāṇe: in the great Purāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the Mahāpurāṇa'

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand'

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण; 'in the seventh'

• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• prabhāsa-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभासस्य खण्डः'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the Prabhāsa section'

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the first'

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the ‘Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya'

• suparṇelā-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of Suparṇelā’s greatness
• suparṇelā-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Title/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suparṇelā (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सुपर्णेलायाः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अध्यायशीर्षक-रूपेण

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Title marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देश) = title-marker particle; 'named/called'

• eka-pañcāśat-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: three-hundred-and-fifty-first
• eka-pañcāśat-uttara-triśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (संख्या) + pañcāśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + triśata (संख्या) + tama (तमप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-समास/तत्पुरुष (अध्यायक्रमे); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; '351st' (300 + 50 + 1)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-ending scene: a scribe completes a palm-leaf folio with the colophon; a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa/Somnath appears faintly in the background, indicating the chapter’s closure.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Suparṇelā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It formally seals a Māhātmya unit, emphasizing that tīrtha-glorification is a complete teaching within Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Suparṇelā tīrtha/topic whose greatness was described in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it is a chapter-ending colophon identifying the textual location and title.