Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

॥ अध्यायः ॥

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Sambodhana/Heading (शीर्षक/अध्याय-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narratorial/Manuscript colophon (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like pause: a scribe’s colophon ‘adhyāya’ at the end of a section, with the sense of turning a folio before the next tīrtha instruction begins.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it is a structural marker in the text.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None—this line does not describe a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a chapter/section marker.