Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

“ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ” — ಗ್ರಂಥ/ಪರಂಪರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ ವಿಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸುವ ಗುರುತು.

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Sambandha (Heading/संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; शीर्षक-शब्दः (chapter-heading)

Speaker

Narrative/Redactional marker (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf or birch-bark manuscript folio with the single rubric ‘अध्याय’, indicating a fresh chapter opening in a pilgrimage narrative.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it is a structural marker used to indicate a chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the line is a redactional label rather than a tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.