Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्डे पंगुतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तदशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe paṃgutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣室建陀大往世书》（Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa）八万一千颂之《集》（Saṃhitā）中，第七“普罗婆娑分部”（Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa）之第三“阿尔布达分段”（Arbuda-khaṇḍa）里，题为《旁古圣渡处（Paṃgu Tīrtha）功德伟大之述》的第十七章圆满结束。

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ग्रन्थनाम-स्थाननिर्देश (in the Śrī-Skanda[Purāṇa])

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

• ekāśīti: eighty-one
• ekāśīti: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द (indeclinable-like numeral), 81; साहस्र्यां इत्यस्य विशेषण (qualifier of 'thousand')

• sāhasryām: in the (eighty-one) thousand (collection)
• sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; संहितायां इत्यस्य विशेषण/अधिकरण (in the thousand-collection)

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

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; प्रभासखण्डे इत्यस्य विशेषण (in the seventh)

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

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; अर्बुदखण्डे इत्यस्य विशेषण (in the third)

• arbudakhaṇḍe: in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa
• arbudakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; खण्डनाम (in the Arbuda section)

• paṃgutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Paṅgu-tīrtha
• paṃgutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃgu-tīrtha-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; पंगु + तीर्थ + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; अध्यायस्य नामरूपेण (as the title)

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), नामनिर्देशक (naming marker: 'called')

• saptadaśaḥ: seventeenth
• saptadaśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptadaśa (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; अध्यायः इत्यस्य विशेषण (seventeenth)

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

Speaker

Textual colophon (editorial/narrative closure)

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa
• Arbuda-khaṇḍa
• Paṃgu Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a colophon, formally sealing the māhātmya narrative and its authority within the Purāṇic corpus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Paṃgu Tīrtha, explicitly named in the chapter title.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a textual closing statement summarizing placement and title.