Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 308
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये तप्तोदककुण्डोत्पत्तौ मूलचण्डीशोत्पत्तिमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टोत्तर त्रिशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye taptodakakuṇḍotpattau mūlacaṇḍīśotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭottara triśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Así concluye, en el Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—en la recopilación de ochenta y un mil versos—el capítulo trescientos ocho, en el séptimo Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, en la primera sección, Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, titulado “Narración de la gloria del origen de Mūlacaṇḍīśa”, dentro del relato del surgimiento del Taptodaka Kuṇḍa.
Narrator/Redactor (Purāṇic colophon)
Tirtha: Taptodaka-kuṇḍa; Mūlacaṇḍīśa (topic named)
Type: kund
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude the chapter on Taptodaka-kuṇḍa and Mūlacaṇḍīśa, with a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background.
FAQs
As a colophon, it primarily preserves textual structure—confirming the chapter’s theme and sacred setting rather than adding new instruction.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically in relation to Taptodaka Kuṇḍa and Mūlacaṇḍīśa.
None directly; it is an end-of-chapter identification of topic and location.