Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 340
इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये देविकामाहात्म्ये चण्डीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम चत्वारिंशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye devikāmāhātmye caṇḍīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Assim termina, no Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—na Saṃhitā de oitenta e um mil versos—no sétimo livro, o Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; no primeiro Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, no Devikā Māhātmya, o capítulo intitulado “Descrição da Grandeza de Caṇḍīśvara”, sendo o Capítulo 340.
Colophon / redactional notice (scribal/compilational)
Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf or paper folios, scribe’s hand finishing the chapter title; temple lamp nearby; the sense of closure and cataloging.
FAQs
This is a textual colophon; its function is to mark the completion and placement of the chapter within the Purāṇic structure.
Indirectly references Prabhāsakṣetra and the Caṇḍīśvara Māhātmya section, rather than describing a single ritual site in-verse.
None; it is a chapter-ending identification statement.