Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 155

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पुष्पादि त्यमाहालये मणिभद्रवृत्तांते मणिभद्राय कन्याप्रदानार्थं क्षत्रियकृतनिजभार्यासंबोधनवर्णनंनाम पञ्चपञ्चाशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye puṣpādi tyamāhālaye maṇibhadravṛttāṃte maṇibhadrāya kanyāpradānārthaṃ kṣatriyakṛtanijabhāryāsaṃbodhanavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das 155. Kapitel, betitelt „Beschreibung der Ansprache des Kṣatriya an seine eigene Gattin, um Maṇibhadra eine Jungfrau zu schenken“, im Nāgara-Khaṇḍa, innerhalb des Māhātmya des heiligen Gebietes von Hāṭakeśvara, im Bericht über Maṇibhadra, der ehrwürdigen Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa (der Saṃhitā von einundachtzigtausend Versen).

Word by Word

• iti: thus; end-quote marker
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīskānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कान्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśītisāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

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

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa section
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgarakhaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; नागर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; हाटकेश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• puṣpa-ādi-tya-māhālaye: in the Puṣpādi-... Māhālaya (section/place-name)
• puṣpa-ādi-tya-māhālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpādit(y)amāhālaya (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्प + आदि + त्य? + माहालय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; पाठे संदेहः: 'tyamāhālaye' अस्फुटम्

• maṇibhadra-vṛttānte: in the episode/account of Maṇibhadra
• maṇibhadra-vṛttānte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇibhadravṛttānta (प्रातिपदिक; मणिभद्र + वृत्तान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• maṇibhadrāya: to Maṇibhadra
• maṇibhadrāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇibhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान

• kanyā-pradāna-artham: for the purpose of giving a daughter (in marriage)
• kanyā-pradāna-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyāpradānārtha (प्रातिपदिक; कन्या + प्रदान + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose-accusative)

• kṣatriya-kṛta-nija-bhāryā-saṃbodhana-varṇanam: the description of the Kṣatriya’s addressing of his own wife
• kṣatriya-kṛta-nija-bhāryā-saṃbodhana-varṇanam: Karta (Title/कर्ता-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriyakṛtanijabhāryāsaṃbodhanavarṇana (प्रातिपदिक; क्षत्रिय + कृत + निज + भार्या + संबोधन + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as title)

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (title-marker)

• pañca-pañcāśat-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: the one hundred and fifty-fifth
• pañca-pañcāśat-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcapañcāśaduttaraśatatama (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + पञ्चाशत् + उत्तर + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (heading subject)

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmin sages/dvija-sattamas (frame audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-colophon moment: scribal palm-leaf or birch-bark folios, a seated reciter concluding the chapter in a temple precinct of Hāṭakeśvara, with subtle iconographic hints of Maṇibhadra’s episode as a vignette in the margin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Maṇibhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon (chapter-end marker) that frames the episode: dharmic social rites like kanyā-dāna are narrated within a sacred geography (kṣetra-māhātmya) context.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred region whose greatness (māhātmya) forms the setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyā-pradāna (giving a maiden in marriage) is the featured rite/theme of the chapter’s narrative focus.