Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभास क्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये लकुलीश्वरमाहात्म्य वर्णनंनामैकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye lakulīśvaramāhātmya varṇanaṃnāmaikonāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣದ ಏಕಾಶೀತಿಸಾಹಸ್ರೀ ಸಂಹಿತೆಯ ಏಳನೇ ಪ್ರಭಾಸಖಂಡದ ಮೊದಲ ‘ಪ್ರಭಾಸಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯ’ದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಲಕುಲೀಶ್ವರಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವರ್ಣನ’ ಎಂಬ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂಬತ್ತನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು.
Redactional colophon (scribe/editorial closure)
Tirtha: Lakulīśvara (within Prabhāsa Kṣetra)
Type: temple
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: a scribe completes the chapter title ‘Lakulīśvara-māhātmya’ with ritual purity—inkpot, palm-leaf or paper folios—while a small shrine of Lakulīśvara/Śiva stands nearby, indicating the textual sanctity of the tīrtha guide.
FAQs
As a colophon, it primarily authenticates and titles the chapter, preserving the tradition’s textual memory.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named as the Māhātmya’s focus.
None; this is an editorial concluding statement naming the chapter and its placement.