Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92
इतिश्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये ब्रह्मकुण्डमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विनवतितमोध्यायः
itiśrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye brahmakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvinavatitamodhyāyaḥ
এইভাবে শ্রীস্কন্দ মহাপুরাণের একাশীতিসাহস্রী সংহিতার ষষ্ঠ ভাগ নাগরখণ্ডের হাটকেশ্বর-ক্ষেত্রমাহাত্ম্যে ‘ব্রহ্মকুণ্ড-মাহাত্ম্য-বর্ণন’ নামক বিরানব্বইতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।
Colophon/Editorial closure (traditional Purāṇic ending formula)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (standard frame; not stated in the colophon)
Scene: A manuscript-like closing scene: sages seated in a forest-āśrama, palm-leaf manuscript and ink-pot present; a stylized kuṇḍa and a Śiva-liṅga emblem in the background indicating Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and Brahmakuṇḍa.
FAQs
It functions as a textual colophon, affirming the chapter’s focus: the praise of Brahmakuṇḍa as a sacred tīrtha.
Brahmakuṇḍa within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as explicitly named in the chapter title.
None; this is a structural closing statement identifying the work, section, and chapter.