Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 189

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य औदुंबर्युत्पत्तिपूर्वकतत्प्राग्जन्मवृत्तांतवर्णनंनामैकोननवत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya auduṃbaryutpattipūrvakatatprāgjanmavṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāmaikonanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീ സ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതിസാഹസ്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ ആറാം നാഗരഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ, ഹാടകേശ്വരക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിൽ ‘ഔദുംബരിയുടെ ഉദ്ഭവത്തിനു മുൻപുള്ള മുൻജന്മവൃത്താന്തവർണ്ണനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള 189-ാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इतिसंज्ञक-समाप्त्यर्थ (quotative/closure particle)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-पुराण (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) [collection]
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति-साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीति + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to संहिता)

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• नागरखण्डे: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• नागरखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर-खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; नागर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्: the glory of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटकेश्वर-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक; हाटकेश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as title)

• औदुंबर्युत्पत्तिपूर्वकतत्प्राग्जन्मवृत्तांतवर्णनम्: the narration of the account of the previous birth, preceded by the origin of the Audumbarī
• औदुंबर्युत्पत्तिपूर्वकतत्प्राग्जन्मवृत्तांतवर्णनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औदुम्बरी-उत्पत्ति-पूर्वक-तत्-प्राक्-जन्म-वृत्तान्त-वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुपदसमास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामार्थक (particle indicating title: 'named')

• एकोननवत्युत्तरशततमः: the one-hundred-and-ninety-ninth
• एकोननवत्युत्तरशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोन-नवति-उत्तर-शत-तम (प्रातिपदिक; एकोन + नवति + उत्तर + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Redactor/Colophon (textual closure marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard frame; not restated in colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe finishing the chapter title; in the margin, a small vignette of a sacred tree (audumbara/udumbara) hinting at Audumbarī’s origin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Audumbarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its function is to preserve textual lineage and chapter identity for faithful transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-end marker summarizing the topic and placement.