इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये मंत्रावलिक्षेत्रपालमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिचत्वारिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye maṃtrāvalikṣetrapālamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi s’achève le 243e chapitre, intitulé «Récit de la Gloire de Mantrāvalī Kṣetrapāla», dans le Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa—au sein du Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya—du vénérable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dans la Saṃhitā de quatre-vingt-un mille (vers).
Narratorial colophon (textual closure)
Tirtha: Mantrāvalī (Kṣetrapāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Purāṇic frame; not explicit in the verse)
Scene: A manuscript-like colophon scene: sages or a sūta concluding a chapter, with Prabhāsa’s coastal shrine silhouette and a vigilant kṣetrapāla figure symbolically guarding the kṣetra.
It functions as a formal closure marking the completion of a Māhātmya unit, helping preserve and transmit sacred geography faithfully.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Mantrāvalī Kṣetrapāla tradition within its Māhātmya.
None; this is a colophon identifying the text’s chapter and title.