Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 220
इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये श्राद्धकल्पे गजच्छायामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम विंशत्युत्तरद्विशत तमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe gajacchāyāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśatyuttaradviśata tamo'dhyāyaḥ
かくして『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・サンヒター所収、第六のナーガラ・カṇḍaに属するハータケーシュヴァラ聖域マーハートミヤのうち、シュラーダ・カルパにおける「ガジャッチャーヤー（Gajacchāyā）の大いなる功徳の叙述」と名づけられた第220章は終わる。
Colophon / redactional closure
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A manuscript-ending scene: a scribe or reciter concludes the chapter, with a temple silhouette of Hāṭakeśvara in the background and a title panel ‘Gajacchāyā-māhātmya’.
FAQs
As a colophon, it primarily authenticates the textual unit and highlights the Māhātmya focus rather than teaching a new doctrine.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, with emphasis on the Gajacchāyā-māhātmya within it.
It situates the material within ‘Śrāddha-kalpa,’ indicating the ritual domain, but the colophon itself gives no new prescription.
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