Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 211

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शंखतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकादशोत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീ സ്കന്ദ മഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ഏകാശീതിസാഹസ്രി സംഹിതയുടെ ഷഷ്ഠ നാഗരഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ, ഹാടകേശ്വര ക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യാന്തർഗതമായ ‘ശംഖതീർത്ഥമാഹാത്മ്യവർണനം’ എന്ന 211-ാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/समाप्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle/इति-शब्दः)

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

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतिसाहस्री (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• नागरखण्डे: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• नागरखण्डे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागरखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; नागर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the section on the glory of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटकेश्वर-क्षेत्र-माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक; हाटकेश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• शंखतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: the description of the glory of Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• शंखतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्: Karta (Title/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख-तीर्थ-माहात्म्य-वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक; शंख + तीर्थ + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विषयवाचक-शीर्षकपदम्

• नाम: named; called
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निपातः; ‘called/namely’)

• एकादशोत्तरद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-eleventh
• एकादशोत्तरद्विशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश-उत्तर-द्विशततम (प्रातिपदिक; एकादश + उत्तर + द्विशततम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

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

Speaker

Colophon / Narratorial closure

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter, marking the end of the Śaṅkhatīrtha-māhātmya within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śaṅkhatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon marking the completion of the Śaṅkhatīrtha Māhātmya chapter within the larger sacred geography narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkhatīrtha, situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a textual closure and cataloging statement.