Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

“Adhyāya” — colofão: marca de término do capítulo.

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Sambodhana/Title (शीर्षक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शीर्षक-शब्द (chapter heading)

Speaker

Textual colophon (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like pause: a scribe’s colophon line ‘adhyāya’ concluding a section before the next tīrtha is introduced.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a doctrinal verse; it is a structural marker indicating a chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a colophon fragment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.