Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

॥ அத்தியாயம் ॥

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Sambodhana/Heading (शीर्षक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as chapter-heading)

Speaker

Editorial/colophon marker (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like pause: the sūta-style narration halts at an adhyāya boundary; palm-leaf folio with a simple ‘adhyāya’ rubric before the next scene begins.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a doctrinal verse; it is a structural marker indicating a chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None—this line functions as a chapter label/colophon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a manuscript/text-structuring element.