Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 247

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पिंगलादित्यपिंगादेवीशुक्रेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तचत्वारिंश दुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye piṃgalādityapiṃgādevīśukreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptacatvāriṃśa duttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ 247, mang tên “Mô tả sự vĩ đại của Piṅgalāditya, Piṅgā Devī và Śukreśvara”, thuộc Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa—trong phần Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya—của tôn kinh Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, bản Saṃhitā gồm tám mươi mốt nghìn kệ.

Word by Word

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

• śrīskānde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

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

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

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

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: in the ‘Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• piṃgalādityapiṃgādevīśukreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: description of the glory of Piṅgalāditya, Piṅgādevī, and Śukreśvara
• piṃgalādityapiṃgādevīśukreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam: Sambandha (Title/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṃgala-āditya + piṃgā-devī + śukra-īśvara + māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः शीर्षकवाचक (title phrase)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शीर्षक-निर्देशक

• saptacatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: two-hundred-forty-seventh
• saptacatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta-catvāriṃśat-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-संख्याविशेषण (the 247th)

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

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure (not a dialogue speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṅgalāditya–Piṅgā Devī–Śukreśvara (chapter scope)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes concluding an adhyāya, with marginal icons of Piṅgalāditya (solar form), Piṅgā Devī, and Śukreśvara liṅga, indicating closure and reverence for textual transmission.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Piṅgalāditya
• Piṅgā Devī
• Śukreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it authenticates and preserves the chapter’s scope, highlighting Prabhāsa’s multi-deity sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Piṅgalāditya, Piṅgā Devī, and Śukreśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a chapter-ending title and placement statement.