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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराणे एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां चतुर्थे काशीखंडे उत्तरार्धे धर्मेश्वराख्याननामैकाशीतितमोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe uttarārdhe dharmeśvarākhyānanāmaikāśītitamodhyāyaḥ

Translation

ここに、『シュリー・スカンダ・マハープラーナ』（エーカーシーティ・サーハスリー・サンヒター）第四部カ―シー・カーンダ後半（ウッタラールダ）における「ダルメーシュヴァラ物語」と名づけられた第八十一章は終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीस्कांदेin the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand

संहितायाम्in the Saṃhitā

चतुर्थेin the fourth

काशीखण्डेin the Kāśī-khaṇḍa section

उत्तरार्धेin the latter half

धर्मेश्वराख्याननामnamed ‘Dharmeśvarākhyāna’

एकाशीतितमःeighty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Colophon / Redactional closing formula

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmeśvarākhyāna (chapter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes or reciters conclude a chapter, placing the palm-leaf/folio down; a temple silhouette of Kāśī in the background symbolizes the union of text and place.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Mahāpurāṇa

Kāśī Khaṇḍa

Uttarārdha

Dharmeśvarākhyāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a textual colophon marking the completion and title of the chapter, preserving the Purāṇic archival structure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmeśvara in Kāśī is indicated through the chapter title ‘Dharmeśvarākhyāna’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an editorial/recensional closure statement.