Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 267
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये गङ्गापथगंगेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तषष्ट्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gaṅgāpathagaṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptaṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराणे एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये ‘गङ्गापथ-गङ्गेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम्’ इति नाम सप्तषष्ट्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
Narratorial colophon (textual closure formula)
Tirtha: Gaṅgāpatha; Gaṅgeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Purāṇic frame; implicit)
Scene: A manuscript-like closing tableau: sages seated with palm-leaf manuscripts; a subtle vignette of a Śiva-liṅga titled Gaṅgeśvara beside a sacred path (Gaṅgāpatha), with the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa implied.
FAQs
It is a canonical chapter marker that helps preserve and cite the Māhātmya of a specific tīrtha and deity.
Gaṅgāpatha and Śiva as Gaṅgeśvara within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; it is a concluding colophon for the chapter.