Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 143
इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्र माहात्म्ये विचित्रेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिचत्वारिंशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye vicitreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-forty-third chapter, called “The Description of the Greatness of Vicitreśvara,” in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa—within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya—of the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the Saṃhitā of eighty-one thousand verses.
Colophon / redactional closure (not a dialogue speaker)
Tirtha: Vicitreśvara-māhātmya (chapter colophon)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A manuscript folio ends with a decorative colophon: ‘iti śrīskānde…’ scribal flourish, temple lamp nearby, and a pilgrim-scholar closing the palm-leaf bundle after recitation.
FAQs
This is a colophon; its function is to authenticate and locate the narrative within the Skanda Purāṇa’s sacred geography section.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with the chapter specifically dedicated to Vicitreśvara.
None; it is a textual closing statement naming the chapter and its placement.