Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 162

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

अध्याय (अध्याय-समाप्तीचा सूचक ओळ)।

Word by Word

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

Speaker

Scribal/structural marker (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Palm-leaf manuscript or temple scribe marking the end of a chapter; quiet pause before the next tīrtha-instruction.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it marks the chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None—structural marker only.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.