Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अध्याय

Transliteration

adhyāya

Translation

“ອັດທະຍາຍ” — ເປັນໝາຍສັກສິດວ່າຕອນບົດໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດຕາມປະເພນີຄັມພີ.

Word by Word

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Redactional/colophon marker (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript folio ending with the single word 'Adhyāya', the scribe’s concluding flourish, and a quiet pause before the next narration begins.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a doctrinal verse; it is a textual marker used to signal a chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it functions as a manuscript/edition boundary marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.