Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 270

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कपालेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यप्रसंगेन पापपिंडप्रदानविधानवर्णनंनाम सप्तत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kapāleśvarakṣetramāhātmyaprasaṃgena pāpapiṃḍapradānavidhānavarṇanaṃnāma saptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo 270, titulado “Descripción del rito de ofrecer piṇḍas que disipan el pecado”, en el Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, en la Saṃhitā de ochenta y un mil versos, dentro del Sexto—Nāgara Khaṇḍa—bajo la glorificación del tīrtha de la región sagrada de Hāṭakeśvara, en el contexto del Māhātmya de la región sagrada de Kapāleśvara.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle)

• श्रीस्कान्दे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कान्दे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय-समासः (श्रीमान् स्कान्दः)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय-समासः

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); द्विगु-समासः (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः)

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• नागरखण्डे: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa section
• नागरखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः

• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः

• कपालेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यप्रसंगेन: by/through the occasion of the Māhātmya of Kapāleśvara-kṣetra
• कपालेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यप्रसंगेन: Karana (Instrument/Reason/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapāleśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya-prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः

• पापपिंडप्रदानविधानवर्णनंनाम: (chapter) titled ‘Description of the procedure for giving the pāpa-piṇḍa’
• पापपिंडप्रदानविधानवर्णनंनाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa-piṃḍa-pradāna-vidhāna-varṇana-nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः; नाम-शब्देन सह शीर्षक-निर्देशः

• सप्तत्युत्तरद्विशततमः: two-hundred-and-seventieth
• सप्तत्युत्तरद्विशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptati-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal) बहुपद-समासः (द्विशतस्य सप्तत्युत्तरः, तत्र तम)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closing formula; no direct speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; Kapāleśvara-kṣetra (prasanga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon moment: scribes or reciters conclude an adhyāya; the setting hints at a Śiva-kṣetra with a liṅga shrine in the background, signaling transition to the next topic.

Characters & Entities

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

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the chapter as a tīrtha-focused dharma teaching: sacred places and prescribed rites are presented as means for purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, with Kapāleśvara-kṣetra appearing as the immediate contextual sub-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The chapter topic is the vidhāna (procedure) of offering pāpa-piṇḍas—piṇḍa offerings intended for removal of sin.