Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 321
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य उन्नतस्थाने ब्रह्ममाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकविंशत्युत्तर त्रिशततमोध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya unnatasthāne brahmamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśatyuttara triśatatamodhyāyaḥ
अशा प्रकारे श्रीस्कंदमहापुराणातील एकाशीतिसाहस्री संहितेच्या सप्तम प्रभासखंडात, ‘प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य’ या प्रथम विभागात, ‘उन्नतस्थानी ब्रह्ममाहात्म्यवर्णन’ नावाचा तीनशे एकवीसावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।
Narratorial colophon (textual closure)
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, a scribe’s desk, inkpot, and a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background—signaling chapter completion.
FAQs
It formally seals the chapter, emphasizing that the narrative is a māhātmya—meant to inspire pilgrimage-faith and dharmic reverence for sacred places.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically an “Unnata-sthāna” associated with Brahmā’s greatness.
None directly; it is a concluding colophon naming the chapter and its location within the Purāṇa.
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