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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 183

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये नागतीर्थोत्पत्तिमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्र्यशीत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye nāgatīrthotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im verehrungswürdigen Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, in der Saṁhitā von einundachtzigtausend Ślokas, im sechsten Buch—Nāgara-khaṇḍa—innerhalb der Verherrlichung des heiligen Gebietes Hāṭakeśvara, das hundertdreiundachtzigste Kapitel mit dem Titel „Beschreibung der Größe des Ursprungs von Nāga-tīrtha“.

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Vākya-sambandha (Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (thus)
śrī-skāṃdein the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrī-skāṃde:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (उपपद/प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (ग्रन्थनाम), सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कान्दः)
mahā-purāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahā-purāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् पुराणम्)
ekāśīti-sāhasryāmin the eighty-one-thousand (verses) [collection]
ekāśīti-sāhasryām:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः)
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
ṣaṣṭhein the sixth
ṣaṣṭhe:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (in the sixth)
nāgara-khaṇḍein the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
nāgara-khaṇḍe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नागरं नाम खण्डम्)
hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmyein the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (हाटकेश्वरस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्ये)
nāga-tīrtha-utpatti-māhātmya-varṇanamthe description of the greatness of the origin of Nāga-tīrtha
nāga-tīrtha-utpatti-māhātmya-varṇanam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāga-tīrtha (समास-प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (नागतīर्थोत्पत्तेः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्)
nāmanamed
nāma:
Vākya-sambandha (Title marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; नाम-शब्दः शीर्षकसूचकः (called/named)
tryaśīti-uttara-śatatamaḥthe 183rd
tryaśīti-uttara-śatatamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of adhyāyaḥ/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottryaśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शततमः, त्र्यशीत्या उत्तरः = 183rd)
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker

Redactional colophon (editorial/compilational closing statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha (chapter topic)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe completes a palm-leaf manuscript, writing the colophon; behind him a faint vision of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and Nāga-tīrtha appears as the narrative closes.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
N
Nāgarakhaṇḍa
H
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
N
Nāga-tīrtha

FAQs

This is a colophon: it authenticates the narrative’s placement and emphasizes the māhātmya genre as sacred cartography and dharma-instruction.

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, specifically the account of Nāga-tīrtha’s origin and greatness.

None directly; it functions as a textual marker naming the chapter and its theme.

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