Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

॥ ഇതി അധ്യായം ॥

Word by Word

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

Speaker

Narrative colophon (editorial/recensional marker)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like pause: the scribe’s colophon ‘अध्याय’ concluding a section, with a subtle suggestion of the riverine tīrtha narrative about to begin.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it is a structural marker indicating the chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a colophon/marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.