Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 236

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहिता यां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शेषशाय्युपाख्याने चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्ये ब्रह्मनारदसंवाद इष्टवस्तुपरित्यागमहिमवर्णनंनाम षट्त्रिंशदुत्तरद्वि शततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitā yāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne cāturmāsyamāhātmye brahmanāradasaṃvāda iṣṭavastuparityāgamahimavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaradvi śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీ స్కంద మహాపురాణములోని ఏకాశీతిసాహస్రీ సంహితలో, షష్ఠ నాగరఖండమున, హాటకేశ్వరక్షేత్రమాహాత్మ్యాంతర్గత శేషశాయీ ఉపాఖ్యానములో, చాతుర్మాస్యమాహాత్మ్యమున, బ్రహ్మ-నారద సంభాషణలో ‘ఇష్టవస్తు పరిత్యాగ మహిమావర్ణనము’ అను పేరుగల 236వ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skānda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कान्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying saṃhitā)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying khaṇḍa)

• nāgarakhaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• nāgarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; नगर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; हाटक + ईश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne: in the episode called Śeṣaśāyī
• śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa-śāyī-upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक; शेष + शायी + उपाख्यान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• cāturmāsyamāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Cāturmāsya
• cāturmāsyamāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; चातुर्मास्य + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• brahmanāradasaṃvāde: in the dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada
• brahmanāradasaṃvāde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman-nārada-saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + नारद + संवाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• iṣṭavastuparityāgamahimavarṇanam: the description of the glory of renouncing desired objects
• iṣṭavastuparityāgamahimavarṇanam: Visheshya (Appositive/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa-vastu-parityāga-mahimā-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट + वस्तु + परित्याग + महिमा + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नामधेय (title element)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: the two-hundred-and-thirty-sixth
• ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ-triṃśat-uttara-dvi-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + त्रिंशत् + उत्तर + द्वि + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (heading subject)

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter; Brahmā and Nārada are depicted as the archetypal transmitters; a Viṣṇu Śeṣaśāyī icon presides.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śeṣaśāyī
• Cāturmāsya
• Brahmā
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it summarizes the chapter’s theme: the dharmic glory of renouncing what one clings to.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred setting in this section of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed in the colophon; it indexes the Cāturmāsya māhātmya framework and the chapter’s topic.