Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

“ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ”—ଏହା ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ-ସମାପ୍ତି କିମ୍ବା ଶୀର୍ଷକ ସୂଚକ ଚିହ୍ନ।

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Sambandha (Title/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (शीर्षक/उपसंहार-रूपेण)

Speaker

Scribal/colophon marker (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript folio margin showing the word ‘adhyāya’ as an end-of-chapter marker; the scene is purely textual, evoking the tradition of palm-leaf transmission.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it is a textual marker used to denote a chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; no tīrtha is named in this fragment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.