Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे श्रीहाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य ऽष्टषष्टितीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम दशोत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya 'ṣṭaṣaṣṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصلُ المئةُ والعاشر، المعنون «وصف عظمة الثمانية والستين تيرثا»، ضمن «مهاطميا حقل شري هاطكيشڤرا»، في الكتاب السادس «ناغارا-خَنْدَة»، من «شري سكاندا مهابورانا» في مجموعة الواحد والثمانين ألف بيت.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/quotative): ‘thus’ इत्यर्थे

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + skānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री-उपपद + स्कान्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative): ‘in the Śrī-Skānda (Purāṇa)’

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (recension)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्: ‘in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)’

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

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्: ‘in the sixth’ (section/khaṇḍa)

• nāgarakhaṇḍe: in the Nāgara section
• nāgarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे: ‘in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’

• śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya: the Māhātmya of the Śrī Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya: Karta (Title/Subject heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + hāṭakeśvara + kṣetra + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; बहुपदसमास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षक-नाम (title noun)

• aṣṭaṣaṣṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: description of the glory of the sixty-eight tīrthas
• aṣṭaṣaṣṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Title/Subject heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭaṣaṣṭi + tīrtha + māhātmya + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; बहुपदसमास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक-नाम: ‘description of the māhātmya of the sixty-eight tīrthas’

• nāma: called/namely
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): नाम-शब्दः ‘called/namely’ इत्यर्थे

• daśottaraśatatamaḥ: the 110th
• daśottaraśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa + uttara + śata + tama (प्रातिपदिक; दशोत्तरशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्: ‘one hundred and ten-th’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देशः: ‘chapter’

Speaker

Colophon (editorial/recensional closing formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (cluster of ‘Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi/68 tīrthas’)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style colophon scene: Sūta concluding a chapter; sages seated in a forest-āśrama; a symbolic map-like ring of 68 tīrthas around a central Śiva-linga labeled Hāṭakeśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Śrī Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it seals the teaching: the māhātmya genre frames pilgrimage and devotion through authoritative textual closure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrī Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and the sixty-eight tīrthas associated with it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the colophon provides archival identification for recitation, study, and citation.