Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां सहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येऽश्वतीर्थोत्पत्तिवर्णनंनाम पंचषष्ट्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'śvatīrthotpattivarṇanaṃnāma paṃcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಸ್ಕಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣದ ಏಕಾಶೀತಿಸಾಹಸ್ರೀ ಸಂಹಿತೆಯ ಷಷ್ಠ ನಾಗರಖಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ, ಹಾಟಕೇಶ್ವರಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಅಶ್ವತೀರ್ಥೋತ್ಪತ್ತಿವರ್ಣನ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದ ನೂರ ಅರವತ್ತೈದನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Colophon marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय

• śrī-skāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Text locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śrīmān skāndaḥ)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Text locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Text division/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (ekāśītyāḥ sāhasryām = of eighty-one thousand)

• sahitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• sahitāyām: Adhikarana (Text division/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Section/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Section/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred area
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Section/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (hāṭakeśvarasya kṣetrasya māhātmye)

• aśva-tīrtha-utpatti-varṇanam: description of the origin of Aśvatīrtha
• aśva-tīrtha-utpatti-varṇanam: Karta (Title/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (aśvatīrthasya utpatter varṇanam)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appellation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः; शीर्षकसूचक-अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (as called/named)

• paṃca-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-śata-tamaḥ: one hundred and sixty-fifth
• paṃca-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-śata-tamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃcaṣaṣṭi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रत्ययान्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (śatāt paṃcaṣaṣṭyadhikaḥ; ordinal -tama)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial colophon

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (māhātmya frame) / Aśvatīrtha (chapter topic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes or reciters conclude a chapter, with a temple silhouette in the background and a subtle emblem of the tīrtha (horse motif) indicating the completed Aśvatīrtha origin account.

Characters & Entities

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

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual seal, affirming the tīrtha’s glorification and preserving the chapter’s authority in transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aśvatīrtha within the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region (kṣetra), in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a colophon providing bibliographic and sectional identification.