इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये बालार्कमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टाशीत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Assim, no glorioso Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, na Saṃhitā de oitenta e um mil versos, na sétima divisão — Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa — na primeira parte, o Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, encerra-se o capítulo chamado “Descrição da Glória de Bālārka”, sendo o Capítulo 288.
Colophon / Redactional narrator
Tirtha: Bālārka-māhātmya (chapter colophon)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter; a small vignette of the Bālārka shrine appears as an emblem; palm-leaf or paper folios with red rubrication.
This is a colophon; its purpose is to authenticate and index the sacred narrative unit rather than teach a doctrine directly.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with emphasis on the Bālārka Māhātmya section.
None; it is a chapter-ending identification statement.
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