Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये श्रीमातुः पादुकामाहात्मवर्णनंनामैकोननवतितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrīmātuḥ pādukāmāhātmavarṇanaṃnāmaikonanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် «သရီးမာတာ၏ သန့်ရှင်းသော ပာဒုကာ (ခြေစွပ်) ၏ မဟာဂုဏ်တော် ဖော်ပြချက်» ဟူသော ခေါင်းစဉ်ပါသော အခန်း ၈၉ သည်၊ သရီးစကန္ဒ မဟာပုရာဏ (ဧကာရှီတိ-သာဟသရီ သံဟိတာ) အတွင်းရှိ ဆဋ္ဌမ နာဂရခဏ္ဍ၏ ဟာဋကေရှ్వర က్షೇತ್ರ-မဟာတ္မယ၌ ပြီးဆုံး၏။

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative/closure particle)

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Location/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative of reference)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) [collection]
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying) संहितायाम्

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying) खण्डे

• nāgarakhaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• nāgarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; नगर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; हाटक + ईश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (section/topic locative)

• śrīmātuḥ: of the revered Mother
• śrīmātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + मातृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (genitive)

• pādukāmāhātmavarṇanam: the description of the glory of the sandals
• pādukāmāhātmavarṇanam: Karta (Title/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādukā-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; पादुका + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विषयवाचक (title-noun)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), नामनिर्देशक (naming particle)

• ekonanavatitamaḥ: eighty-ninth
• ekonanavatitamaḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona-navati-tama (प्रातिपदिक; एकोन + नवति + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषणम् (ordinal adjective) अध्यायः

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Heading/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (heading noun)

Speaker

Colophon (scribal/editorial closure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Śrīmātā Pādukā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like closing tableau: Sūta’s discourse pauses; sages sit in reverent silence; a shrine emblem of Devī’s pādukā is shown as the chapter’s devotional seal within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śrīmātā
• Pādukā Māhātmya
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it primarily authenticates and frames the māhātmya within the Purāṇic textual tradition rather than teaching a new doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, with emphasis on Śrīmātā’s Pādukā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending identification and cataloging statement.