Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

അധ്യായാരംഭം.

Word by Word

• adhyāya: chapter
• adhyāya: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (chapter heading)

Speaker

Manuscript/edition header (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clean folio opening with the single marker ‘adhyāya’, suggesting the start of a new chapter; margin ornaments and an auspicious symbol at the top.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

No doctrinal teaching is present; it is a structural marker signaling a new chapter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The marker belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa context, associated with Revā/Narmadā tīrthas, but no specific site is named in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.