Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 309

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महपुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये चतुर्मुखविनायक माहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम नवोत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahapurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye caturmukhavināyaka māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma navottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc, trong Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—bộ hợp tuyển tám mươi mốt nghìn kệ—chương thứ 309 thuộc Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, trong Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, mang nhan đề “Tường thuật vinh quang của Caturmukha Vināyaka”.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• ekāśīti: eighty-one
• ekāśīti: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (here used as qualifier of sāhasryām)

• sāhasryām: in the (eighty-one-)thousand (collection)
• sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-सम्बद्ध (in the thousand-fold collection)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• caturmukhavināyaka: Caturmukha-Vināyaka
• caturmukhavināyaka: Samjna (Title element/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur-mukha-vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (title-member); तत्पुरुषसमासः

• māhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness
• māhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोगः (title-marker ‘named’)

• navottara: one hundred and nine (i.e., 109th)
• navottara: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava-uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (nine over = 109th)

• triśatatamaḥ: three-hundredth
• triśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (300th)

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

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Purāṇic colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturmukha Vināyaka (chapter title reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript folio ending: scribal colophon lines, decorative borders, and a small concluding emblem; the sense is of a completed sacred narration.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Caturmukha Vināyaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, confirming the chapter’s theme and aiding faithful recitation, study, and archival reference.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Caturmukha Vināyaka context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter colophon.