Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 280
इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभास क्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये च्यवनेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाशीत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंदमहापुराणातील एकाशीतिसाहस्री संहितेच्या सप्तम प्रभासखण्डातील प्रथम ‘प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य’ मध्ये ‘च्यवनेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णन’ नामक दोनशे ऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.
Redactional colophon (scribal/editorial closure typical of Purāṇic manuscripts)
Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara-māhātmya (chapter unit)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied; not explicit here)
Scene: A scribe or reciter concludes a chapter; palm-leaf manuscript or birch-bark folios, a small shrine lamp, listeners seated; the atmosphere is formal and concluding.
FAQs
This is a colophon; it preserves textual structure and signals the completion of the Cyavaneśvara Māhātmya chapter.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the chapter dedicated to Cyavaneśvara’s greatness.
None; this line functions as a chapter-ending identification and cataloging statement.