Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये दमयन्त्युपाख्यान ऊषरोत्पत्तिमाहात्म्यकथनंनाम द्वादशोत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye damayantyupākhyāna ūṣarotpattimāhātmyakathanaṃnāma dvādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീ സ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതിസാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ ഷഷ്ഠ നാഗരഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ, ഹാടകേശ്വരക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിലെ ദമയന്തീ ഉപാഖ്യാനാന്തർഗതമായ ‘ഊഷരോത്പത്തി-മാഹാത്മ്യകഥനം’ എന്ന നൂറ്റി പന്ത്രണ്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Textual closure marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikaraṇa (In/within)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘श्रीमान् स्कन्दः’/‘स्कन्दसम्बन्धि’

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (In/within)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः—‘महच्च तत् पुराणम्’

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगुः—‘एकाशीतिसहस्री’ (81,000) विशेषणं संहितायाम्

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (In/within)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier; section number)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक विशेषणं (ordinal)

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa section
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (In/within)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘नागरं खण्डम्’

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikaraṇa (In/within)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘हाटकेश्वरस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्’

• damayantī-upākhyāne: in the episode of Damayantī
• damayantī-upākhyāne: Adhikaraṇa (In/within)
• Type: Noun
• Root: damayantī (प्रातिपदिक) + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘दमयन्त्याः उपाख्यानम्’

• ūṣara-utpatti-māhātmya-kathanaṃ-nāma: (the section) named ‘Narration of the Māhātmya of the origin of the saline waste-land’
• ūṣara-utpatti-māhātmya-kathanaṃ-nāma: Karta/Viṣaya (Title/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + kathana (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘nāma’ इति नामनिर्देशः

• dvādaśa-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: the one-hundred-and-twelfth
• dvādaśa-uttara-śata-tamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of adhyāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक—‘शततमः’ (100th) + ‘द्वादशोत्तर’ (12 more) = 112th

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject; chapter title statement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure marker; not a narrative speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes or reciters conclude a chapter; a temple emblem of Hāṭakeśvara appears as a seal; Damayantī episode title is displayed like a rubric.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Damayantī
• Ūṣara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it primarily preserves scripture structure and transmission rather than teaching a standalone doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the focus of the māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending identification formula.