Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 256

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शेषशाय्युपाख्याने ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्ये रामनाममहिमवर्णनं नाम षट्पंचाशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne brahmanāradasaṃvāde cāturmāsyamāhātmye rāmanāmamahimavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭpaṃcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertsechsundfünfzigste Kapitel mit dem Titel „Beschreibung der Herrlichkeit des Namens Rāma“ im Śrī Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, in der Ekāśīti-sāhasrī-Saṃhitā, im sechsten Buch, dem Nāgara Khaṇḍa—im Māhātmya des heiligen Gebietes Hāṭakeśvara, in der Erzählung vom Śeṣaśāyī, im Dialog zwischen Brahmā und Nārada, im Māhātmya des Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so (ends the colophon)
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative: 'in the Skanda [Purāṇa]')

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśīti: eighty-one
• ekāśīti: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (qualifies 'sāhasryām')

• sāhasryāṃ: in the Sāhasrī (section/collection)
• sāhasryāṃ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in the 'sāhasrī' [collection])

• saṃhitāyāṃ: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyāṃ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (qualifies 'nāgarakhaṇḍe')

• nāgarakhaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• nāgarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne: in the episode called 'Śeṣaśāyī'
• śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa-śāyī-upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• brahmanāradasaṃvāde: in the dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada
• brahmanāradasaṃvāde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman-nārada-saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• cāturmāsyamāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Cāturmāsya
• cāturmāsyamāhātmye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• rāmanāmamahimavarṇanaṃ: ‘Description of the glory of Rāma’s name’
• rāmanāmamahimavarṇanaṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-nāma-mahimā-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as the title)

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

• ṣaṭpaṃcāśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: the 256th
• ṣaṭpaṃcāśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ-paṃcāśat-uttara-dviśata-tama (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal qualifying 'adhyāyaḥ')

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf folios tied with a cord, scribe’s stylus, and a small shrine vignette labeled Hāṭakeśvara; Brahmā and Nārada seated in discourse as a marginal illustration.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śeṣaśāyī
• Brahmā
• Nārada
• Cāturmāsya
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it chiefly authenticates the chapter’s theme: the glorification of Rāma-nāma within a tīrtha and vrata (Cāturmāsya) framework.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya is referenced as the vrata-season context in which the teaching is situated.