Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 143

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां सहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जाबालिक्षोभणोनाम त्रिचत्वारिंशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jābālikṣobhaṇonāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീസ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ എൺപത്തൊന്നായിരം ശ്ലോകസംഹിതയുടെ ആറാം വിഭാഗമായ നാഗരഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ, ഹാടകേശ്വരക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിലെ ‘ജാബാലിക്ഷോഭണം’ എന്ന 143-ാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक) = thus (end-quote marker)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative = in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative = in the Mahāpurāṇa

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; ‘collection of thousands’)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक): एकाशीतिः-साहस्री = 81-thousand (collection); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative

• sahitāyām: in the compilation (saṃhitā)
• sahitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahitā (प्रातिपदिक; √sah + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative = in the Saṃhitā/compilation

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative ordinal = in the sixth

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative = in the Nāgara section

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): हाटकेश्वरस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्ये; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative

• jābāli-kṣobhaṇa-nāma: named ‘Jābāli-kṣobhaṇa’
• jābāli-kṣobhaṇa-nāma: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jābāli (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣobhaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (नाम-सम्बन्ध): ‘जाबालिक्षोभण’ इति नाम यस्य; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अध्यायः इति विशेषण

• tricatvāriṃśad-uttara-śatatamaḥ: the 143rd
• tricatvāriṃśad-uttara-śatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या) + catvāriṃśat (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संख्यावाचक-समाहार): त्रिचत्वारिंशदुत्तरशततम = 100 + 43 = 143rd; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अध्यायः इति विशेषण

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular

Speaker

Colophon / redactional closure (not a narrative speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript-style closing: a scribe’s colophon panel naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya, and the chapter title ‘Jābāli-kṣobhaṇa’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgarakhaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Jābāli

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its purpose is textual authentication and navigation rather than moral instruction.

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—this verse functions as a chapter-ending identifier.