Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 145
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये गजकुंभोदरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम पञ्चचत्वा रिंशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gajakuṃbhodaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvā riṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Assim termina, no santo Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—na Saṃhitā de oitenta e um mil versos—na sétima divisão, o Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, em sua primeira parte, o Māhātmya da sagrada região de Prabhāsa, o capítulo cento e quarenta e cinco, intitulado “Descrição da Grandeza de Gajakuṃbhodara”.
Narratorial colophon (textual rubric)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; chapter: Gajakuṃbhodara-māhātmya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios with red rubrication; a scribe’s hand finishing the chapter title ‘Gajakuṃbhodara-māhātmya’; a small vignette of Prabhāsa coastline and a Śiva shrine in the margin.
FAQs
It marks the completion of a Māhātmya chapter, emphasizing that the text is structured to glorify sacred places and their merit (puṇya) through authoritative narration.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, with the chapter specifically dedicated to the greatness of Gajakuṃbhodara within that sacred region.
None in this verse; it is a colophon identifying the scripture’s location and the chapter title.