इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्र माहात्म्ये बालार्कमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षडशीत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Demikian berakhir, dalam Skanda Mahāpurāṇa yang suci—dalam Saṃhitā berisi delapan puluh satu ribu śloka—pada kitab ketujuh, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, dan pada bagian pertama, Māhātmya Prabhāsa-kṣetra, bab berjudul “Uraian Keagungan Bālārka,” yakni Bab 286.
Narrator/Redactor (colophon)
Tirtha: Bālārka (chapter colophon)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter; a temple hall near Prabhāsa with palm-leaf manuscripts; lamps dim as the recitation ends.
It formally seals the teaching as authoritative scripture, framing the preceding material as a sacred māhātmya meant to inspire pilgrimage and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Bālārka-related sacred tradition introduced/closed by this chapter colophon.
None directly; this is a chapter-ending colophon rather than an instruction verse.