Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये चक्रपाणिमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विपञ्चाशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye cakrapāṇimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im heiligen Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa—innerhalb der Saṃhitā von einundachtzigtausend Versen—das hundertzweiundfünfzigste Kapitel des sechsten Buches, des Nāgara-khaṇḍa, im Tīrtha-māhātmya des heiligen Gebietes Hāṭakeśvara, betitelt: „Darlegung der Größe Cakrapāṇis“.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (section)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्याशब्द) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (८१-साहस्री)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• nāgarakhaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• nāgarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नागराणां खण्डः / नागर-नामकः खण्डः)

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• cakrapāṇi-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the glory of Cakrapāṇi
• cakrapāṇi-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Title/विषय-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakrapāṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (चक्रपाणेः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः निपातवत् (title-marker: 'named')

• dvi-pañcāśad-uttara-śatatamaḥ: one hundred and fifty-second
• dvi-pañcāśad-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्याशब्द) + pañcāśat (संख्याशब्द) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संख्यात्मक-समास (द्विपञ्चाशदुत्तरः शततमः = 152nd)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure; not a dialogue line)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; Cakrapāṇi-māhātmya (chapter conclusion)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe concluding the chapter, with a small vignette of Cakrapāṇi and the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra emblematic shrine in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Cakrapāṇi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It marks the formal completion of a tīrtha-māhātmya unit, emphasizing that the sacred geography narrative is transmitted as an authoritative Purāṇic teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the stated sacred region, with a focused praise-section on Cakrapāṇi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it is a colophon identifying the text’s location and chapter title.