Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

അധ്യായം (അധ്യായ ശീർഷകം)।

Word by Word

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Sambandha/Heading (शीर्षक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शीर्षक/अध्याय-निर्देश

Speaker

Narratorial/Editorial marker (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript folio showing the adhyāya heading; scribal ornamentation indicates a new chapter in a pilgrimage guide.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it is a structural marker used to organize the narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.