Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्डे कात्यायनीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe kātyāyanīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीस्कन्दमहापुराणे एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे तृतीयेऽर्बुदखण्डे ‘कात्यायनीमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्’ नाम चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः समाप्तः॥
Colophon (textual closure marker)
Scene: Manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude the chapter ‘Kātyāyanī-māhātmya-varṇana,’ marking the end of adhyāya 24 in Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
FAQs
This is a colophon; its purpose is to authenticate and index the scripture’s section rather than teach a doctrine directly.
Indirectly, Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s setting (Arbuda mountain) is indicated as the locus of the preceding māhātmya.
None; it functions as a chapter-ending identification.