Shloka 233 - Adhyaya 233 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | German | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 233

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शेषशाय्युपाख्याने चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्ये ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे गंगोदकस्नानफलमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रयस्त्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne cāturmāsyamāhātmye brahmanāradasaṃvāde gaṃgodakasnānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Skanda‑Mahāpurāṇa—innerhalb der Saṃhitā von einundachtzigtausend Versen, im sechsten (Nāgara) Khaṇḍa—im Māhātmya des heiligen Gebietes Hāṭakeśvara, in der Erzählung vom Śeṣaśāyī, im Cāturmāsya‑Māhātmya, im Gespräch zwischen Brahmā und Nārada—das Kapitel mit dem Titel «Verherrlichung des großen Verdienstes, das aus dem Bad mit Gaṅgā‑Wasser erwächst», nämlich Kapitel 233.

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीस्कांदेin the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)

संहितायाम्in the Saṃhitā

षष्ठेin the sixth

नागरखण्डेin the Nāgara-khaṇḍa section

हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येin the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred place

शेषशाय्युपाख्यानेin the episode (upākhyāna) of Śeṣaśāyī

चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्येin the Māhātmya of Cāturmāsya

ब्रह्मनारदसंवादेin the dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada

गंगोदकस्नानफलमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्the description of the greatness of the fruit of bathing in Gaṅgā-water

नामnamed

त्रयस्त्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-thirty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: sages in an āśrama, palm-leaf manuscript on a stand, Brahmā and Nārada in discourse, with a symbolic Gaṅgā-water pot beside them.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Purāṇa

Nāgara Khaṇḍa

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Śeṣaśāyī

Cāturmāsya

Brahmā

Nārada

Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon summarizing the sacred setting and topic: the greatness of Gaṅgā-water bathing within Cāturmāsya and the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is named as the sacred region, with Gaṅgā-water bathing merit explicitly highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The title indicates the ritual focus: gaṅgodaka-snāna (bathing with Gaṅgā water) and its fruits.