Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराणएकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सेतुमध्ये श्रीरामकृतरामेश्वरप्रतिष्ठावर्णनंनामैको त्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇaekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye setumadhye śrīrāmakṛtarāmeśvarapratiṣṭhāvarṇanaṃnāmaiko ttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंदमहापुराणातील एक्याऐंशी सहस्र श्लोकांच्या संहितेतील षष्ठ नागरखंडातील हाटकेश्वर-क्षेत्रमाहात्म्यात ‘सेतुमध्ये श्रीरामकृत रामेश्वर-प्रतिष्ठेचे वर्णन’ नामक एकशे एकावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।
Colophon (scribal/narrative closure formula)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Setumadhya; Rāmakṛta-Rāmeśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (Naimiṣa-style audience implied)
Scene: A colophon-like tableau: sages and reciter conclude a chapter while, in a devotional inset, Śrī Rāma is shown installing the Rāmeśvara-liṅga at Setu amid oceanic sands and ritual vessels.
FAQs
As a colophon, it seals the authority of the tīrtha narrative, emphasizing Setu-madhya and Rāmeśvara as enduring centers of merit and devotion.
Setu-madhya and Rāmeśvara within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
It references Rāmeśvara-pratiṣṭhā (installation) as the chapter’s theme, but does not prescribe a step-by-step ritual in this colophon line.