Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

ఇట్లు అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Redactional colophon (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript scene: the scribe finishes a chapter; a small divider mark indicates the end before the next pilgrimage instruction begins.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching-verse; it is a manuscript/edition marker indicating the chapter boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a colophon marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a structural text marker.