Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 232
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जलशाय्युपाख्याने चातुर्मास्यव्रतनियमवर्णनंनाम द्वात्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशतमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jalaśāyyupākhyāne cāturmāsyavrataniyamavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśaduttaradviśatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah dalam Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dalam kompilasi delapan puluh satu ribu śloka, pada Kitab Keenam Nāgara Khaṇḍa, dalam Māhātmya wilayah suci Hāṭakeśvara, dalam kisah bernama Jalaśāyyu, berakhir bab ke-232 berjudul “Uraian Aturan Brata Cāturmāsya.”
Redactional colophon (scribal/editorial closure)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A scribe completes a palm-leaf folio and writes the colophon; the manuscript bundle is tied, indicating chapter completion within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
FAQs
This is a colophon: it preserves the scripture’s internal organization, helping devotees and scholars locate the teaching within the sacred geography narrative.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred region whose māhātmya frames this chapter.
No direct ritual act is prescribed here; it identifies the chapter as describing the niyamas (rules) of the Cāturmāsya vow.