Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

Kapitelüberschrift: „Adhyāya“ (Kapitel).

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Sambandha (Heading/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शीर्षक/विभाग-सूचक

Speaker

Narratorial redaction (chapter marker; no direct speaker)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like pause: palm-leaf folio or birch-bark page with the single word ‘अध्याय’ indicating a new chapter.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it is a structural marker indicating the start/continuation of a chapter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this line; it functions as a chapter label within the Revā-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is only a chapter heading.