Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 177

Devanagari script

अध्याय

Transliteration

adhyāya

Translation

“Adhyāya” — marca de capítulo; elemento sagrado de divisão no fluxo do manuscrito.

Word by Word

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrative/Redactional marker

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript or birch-bark folio showing the word ‘अध्याय’, with a scribe’s stylus and a pause in recitation.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a doctrinal verse but a structural marker used to segment the Purāṇic text.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a chapter/colophon indicator rather than a tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a textual divider.