Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 266

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शिवारात्रिमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम षट्षष्ट्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śivārātrimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, dalam Saṃhitā yang berisi delapan puluh satu ribu śloka, pada bagian keenam—Nāgara Khaṇḍa—di dalam Māhātmya Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, berakhirlah bab berjudul “Uraian Keagungan Śivarātri,” yakni Bab 266.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निर्देशक-अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (śrīmān skāndaḥ = the venerable Skanda[Purāṇa])

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (great Purāṇa)

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (81-thousand [verses]-collection)

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

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (Nāgara section)

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

• śivārātri-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of Śivarātri’s greatness
• śivārātri-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivārātri (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (description of the greatness of Śivarātri)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-निर्देशक-अव्यय (particle meaning 'named/called')

• ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi-uttara-dviśata-tamaḥ: two-hundred-and-sixty-sixth
• ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi-uttara-dviśata-tamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭṣaṣṭi (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + dviśata (संख्या) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-समासः (the 266th: 200 + 66)

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

Speaker

Colophon (scribal/editorial closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-ending scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe concluding ‘iti…’, with a small shrine of Hāṭakeśvara in the background—signaling chapter completion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śivarātri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a formal chapter-ending colophon; it preserves textual structure rather than teaching doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is named as the sacred geography context for the Śivarātri Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a colophon identifying the work, khaṇḍa, section, and chapter.