Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 231

Devanagari script

अध्याय

Transliteration

adhyāya

Translation

അധ്യായം. (അധ്യായ-ചിഹ്നം)

Word by Word

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

Speaker

Compiler/colophon marker (not a spoken verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (sectional)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript scene: the sūta-paṭhaka pauses, indicating a new chapter in the Narmadā māhātmya; sages sit in attentive silence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

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

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; no site is mentioned in this marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.