Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 210
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये तांबूलोत्पत्ति तांबूलमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम दशोत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye tāṃbūlotpatti tāṃbūlamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Так завершается в «Шри Сканда-махапуране», в «Экаши́ти-сахасри самхите», в шестой книге — «Нагара-кханде», в разделе «Махатмья Хатакешвара-кшетры», двести десятая глава, именуемая «Происхождение тамбулы и описание славы тамбулы».
Colophon / redactional closure
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis implied (standard purāṇic setting; not explicit here)
Scene: A manuscript-like colophon scene: sages concluding a recitation; a temple silhouette of Hāṭakeśvara in the background; a ritual tray with tāmbūla leaves, areca nut, lime, and fragrant spices presented as auspicious offering.
FAQs
As a colophon, it primarily authenticates the chapter’s scope—framing tāmbūla as a dharmic, merit-bearing topic within a sacred-place glorification.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as part of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct prescription here; it names the chapter’s theme: the origin and greatness of tāmbūla.