Shloka 73 - Adhyaya 73 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये धृतराष्ट्रादिकृतप्रासादस्थापनोद्यमवर्णनंनाम त्रिसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye dhṛtarāṣṭrādikṛtaprāsādasthāpanodyamavarṇanaṃnāma trisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீஸ்கந்த மகாபுராணத்தின் ஏகாஶீதிஸாஹஸ்ரீ ஸம்ஹிதையில், ஆறாம் நாகரகண்டத்தில், ஹாடகேஸ்வர-க்ஷேத்ரமாஹாத்ம்யத்தில் ‘திருதராஷ்டிரர் முதலியோர் கோயில் மாளிகை நிறுவ முயற்சியின் வர்ணனை’ எனப் பெயருடைய எழுபத்துமூன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது।

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीस्कांदेin the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)

संहितायाम्in the Saṃhitā/compilation

षष्ठेin the sixth

नागरखण्डेin the Nāgara-khaṇḍa

हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येin the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field

धृतराष्ट्रादिकृतप्रासादस्थापनोद्यमवर्णनम्the description of the effort of installing palaces made by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and others

नामnamed

त्रिसप्ततितमःseventy-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Colophon / Redactional closing formula

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied by standard Purāṇic frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon moment: scribal or reciter’s closure naming Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, Nāgara-khaṇḍa, Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya, and the chapter title about Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s temple-establishment effort.

Characters & Entities

Skanda Purāṇa

Hāṭakeśvara

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual closure, preserving the sacred narrative’s structure and emphasizing the māhātmya focus—temple establishment as a meritorious act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named in the colophon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-ending identification of text, location-theme, and title.