Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 253
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शेषशाय्युपाख्याने ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्ये शंकरकृतपार्वत्यनुनयो नाम त्रिपंचाशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne brahmanāradasaṃvāde cāturmāsyamāhātmye śaṃkarakṛtapārvatyanunayo nāma tripaṃcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Demikian berakhir Bab 253, berjudul “Śaṅkara Menenteramkan Pārvatī,” dalam Cāturmāsya Māhātmya, pada dialog Brahmā–Nārada, dalam kisah Śeṣaśāyī, di Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, bagian keenam (Nāgara) Khaṇḍa dari Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, resensi delapan puluh satu ribu śloka.
Colophon (textual closure formula)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter; the nested titles (Cāturmāsya-māhātmya, Brahmā–Nārada-saṃvāda, Śeṣaśāyī-upākhyāna, Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya) appear as rubric headings on palm leaves.
FAQs
As a colophon, it primarily provides textual structure rather than a new doctrine.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred locus of the māhātmya.
None directly; it indexes the section as Cāturmāsya Māhātmya.