Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 199
Devanagari script
अध्याय
Transliteration
adhyāya
Translation
“अध्याय” — हस्तलिखित परंपरेत अध्याय/विभाग-विराम दर्शविणारे चिन्ह।
Word by Word
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
None (Title/शीर्षक)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपे (often written without visarga)
Speaker
Redactional/Manuscript colophon (not a narrative speaker)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A scribe’s palm-leaf manuscript with the word ‘अध्याय’ marking a break; the narrator pauses before continuing.
FAQs
This is not a teaching-verse; it is a structural marker used by scribes/editors.
None; it is a chapter marker.
None.