Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

“অধ্যায়”—এটি পাণ্ডুলিপিতে অধ্যায়-শিরোনাম/সমাপ্তি-সূচক শব্দ।

Word by Word

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Sambandha (Heading/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक/सूचनार्थ प्रयोग (chapter heading)

Speaker

N/A (scribal/structural marker)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribal colophon marker ‘adhyāya’ on a palm-leaf or paper manuscript, indicating a new chapter boundary.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it is a textual marker indicating a chapter division.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the line functions as a heading/colophon fragment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.