Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

เครื่องหมายอัธยายะ—แสดงหัวข้อหรือการสิ้นสุดของบท (อัธยายะ)

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Editorial/colophon marker (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon or palm-leaf folio showing the end of a chapter, with a scribe’s concluding mark.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a doctrinal verse; it is a structural marker used in Purāṇic transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a chapter/section marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.