Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 238

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शेषशाय्युपाख्याने ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्ये तपोमहिमावर्णनं नामाष्टत्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne brahmanāradasaṃvāde cāturmāsyamāhātmye tapomahimāvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir, dalam Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—dalam saṁhitā berisi delapan puluh satu ribu śloka—pada Nāgara-khaṇḍa yang keenam, dalam pemuliaan kṣetra suci Hāṭakeśvara, dalam kisah Śeṣaśāyī, dalam dialog Brahmā dan Nārada, dalam kemuliaan Cāturmāsya—bab berjudul “Uraian Keagungan Tapa,” yakni Bab 238.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative/closing particle)

• śrī-skānde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कान्दः)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikaraṇa-visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (एकाशीतिसहस्री)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikaraṇa-visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa section
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नागर-खण्डः)

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्ये)

• śeṣa-śāyy-upākhyāne: in the episode of (Viṣṇu) reclining on Śeṣa
• śeṣa-śāyy-upākhyāne: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + śāyin (प्रातिपदिक) + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शेषे शायी—तस्य उपाख्यानम्)

• brahma-nārada-saṃvāde: in the dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada
• brahma-nārada-saṃvāde: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (ब्रह्मा च नारदश्च) + तत्पुरुष (तयोः संवादः)

• cāturmāsya-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Cāturmāsya
• cāturmāsya-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (चातुर्मास्यस्य माहात्म्ये)

• tapo-mahimā-varṇanam: description of the greatness of austerity
• tapo-mahimā-varṇanam: Karma (Title/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + mahimā (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण; तत्पुरुष (तपसः महिम्नः वर्णनम्)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; 'नाम' इति नामनिर्देशक-निपात (title marker)

• aṣṭa-triṃśad-uttara-dviśata-tamaḥ: the 238th
• aṣṭa-triṃśad-uttara-dviśata-tamaḥ: Karta-visheshaṇa (Qualifier of adhyāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + triṃśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + dviśata (संख्या) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-समास (द्विशतस्य उत्तरः अष्टत्रिंशत्—तत् तमः) = 238तमः

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (Purāṇic redactional voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters concluding a chapter, with a temple silhouette of Hāṭakeśvara in the background and Brahmā–Nārada dialogue implied.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śeṣaśāyī (Viṣṇu)
• Brahmā
• Nārada
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the teaching as part of a larger tīrtha-māhātmya and vrata-context, emphasizing tapas and Cāturmāsya as authoritative Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (a sacred field praised in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The colophon signals the topic “Cāturmāsya-māhātmya” (the four-month sacred observance) and “tapas” as the chapter’s focus, though no specific rite is detailed in the colophon itself.