Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 184
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये ब्रह्मयज्ञे तृतीयदिवसे पिंगलोपाख्यानवर्णनंनाम चतुरशीत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye brahmayajñe tṛtīyadivase piṃgalopākhyānavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Skanda Mahāpurāṇa yang suci—dalam himpunan 81,000 śloka—pada bahagian keenam, Nāgara-khaṇḍa, dalam Māhātmya kawasan suci Hāṭakeśvara, pada hari ketiga Brahma-yajña, berakhirlah bab ke-184 yang bernama “Huraian Kisah Piṅgalā.”
Colophon (scribal/editorial closure line; no in-story speaker)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Skanda Purāṇa frame; not explicit in this colophon line)
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes conclude a chapter; a temple silhouette of Hāṭakeśvara in the background; ritual setting of Brahma-yajña day three implied.
FAQs
This is a chapter colophon; its purpose is textual identification rather than doctrinal teaching.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred region being praised.
It references the ‘Brahma-yajña’ and ‘third day’ as an organizational/ritual frame, without giving a specific procedure in this line.