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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां सहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येऽश्वतीर्थोत्पत्तिवर्णनंनाम पंचषष्ट्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'śvatīrthotpattivarṇanaṃnāma paṃcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir, dalam Skanda Mahāpurāṇa yang mulia—dalam himpunan lapan puluh satu ribu rangkap—bab ke-165 pada bahagian keenam, Nāgara Khaṇḍa, dalam Māhātmya wilayah suci Hāṭakeśvara, bertajuk “Huraian tentang Asal-usul Aśvatīrtha”.

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Colophon marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formइति-शब्दः; समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय
śrī-skāṃdein the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
śrī-skāṃde:
Adhikarana (Text locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śrīmān skāndaḥ)
mahā-purāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa
mahā-purāṇe:
Adhikarana (Text locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय
ekāśīti-sāhasryāmin the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
ekāśīti-sāhasryām:
Adhikarana (Text division/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (ekāśītyāḥ sāhasryām = of eighty-one thousand)
sahitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
sahitāyām:
Adhikarana (Text division/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsahitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
ṣaṣṭhein the sixth
ṣaṣṭhe:
Adhikarana (Section/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण
nāgara-khaṇḍein the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
nāgara-khaṇḍe:
Adhikarana (Section/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष
hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmyein the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred area
hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye:
Adhikarana (Section/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (hāṭakeśvarasya kṣetrasya māhātmye)
aśva-tīrtha-utpatti-varṇanamdescription of the origin of Aśvatīrtha
aśva-tīrtha-utpatti-varṇanam:
Karta (Title/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaśva-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (aśvatīrthasya utpatter varṇanam)
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (Appellation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनाम-शब्दः; शीर्षकसूचक-अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (as called/named)
paṃca-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-śata-tamaḥone hundred and sixty-fifth
paṃca-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-śata-tamaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpaṃcaṣaṣṭi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रत्ययान्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (śatāt paṃcaṣaṣṭyadhikaḥ; ordinal -tama)
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
Speaker

Narratorial colophon

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (māhātmya frame) / Aśvatīrtha (chapter topic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes or reciters conclude a chapter, with a temple silhouette in the background and a subtle emblem of the tīrtha (horse motif) indicating the completed Aśvatīrtha origin account.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda Purāṇa
N
Nāgara Khaṇḍa
H
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
A
Aśvatīrtha

FAQs

It functions as a textual seal, affirming the tīrtha’s glorification and preserving the chapter’s authority in transmission.

Aśvatīrtha within the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region (kṣetra), in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

None; this is a colophon providing bibliographic and sectional identification.

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