Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 162

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पुरश्चरणसप्तमीव्रतविधानवर्णनंनाम द्विषष्ट्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye puraścaraṇasaptamīvratavidhānavarṇanaṃnāma dviṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีสกันทะมหาปุราณะ แห่งเอกาศีติ-สาหัสรีสังหิตา ในนาครขันธ์ที่หก ภายในมหาตมยะของเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์หาฏเกศวร จบลงเป็นอัธยายที่ ๑๖๒ ชื่อว่า “พรรณนาวิธีปฏิบัติวรตสัปตมีแห่งปุรศจะรณะ”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• श्रीस्कान्दे: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कान्दे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीस्कान्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (श्री + स्कान्द)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महच्च तत् पुराणम्)

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand (verses)
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकाशीति + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः)

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (sixth)

• नागरखण्डे: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• नागरखण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागरखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (नागर + खण्ड)

• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (हाटकेश्वरस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• पुरश्चरणसप्तमीव्रतविधानवर्णनम्: the description of the procedure for the Puraścaraṇa-Saptamī vow
• पुरश्चरणसप्तमीव्रतविधानवर्णनम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (Title/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरश्चरण + सप्तमी + व्रत + विधान + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (…विधाने वर्णनम्)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Appositive marker (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (designation marker: 'named')

• द्विषष्ट्युत्तरशततमः: one hundred sixty-second
• द्विषष्ट्युत्तरशततमः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of अध्यायः/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विषष्टि + उत्तर + शततम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विषष्ट्या उत्तरः शततमः)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta/Predicate nominal (Chapter title head/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Redactor/Compiler (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-ending scene: scribes or reciters concluding a chapter, with the title and kṣetra name highlighted; evokes the preservation of pilgrimage knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Ekāśīti-sāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Puraścaraṇa-Saptamī-vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it signals the completion of a vrata-teaching, emphasizing the Purāṇic tradition of preserving and transmitting ritual knowledge tied to sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred locus of the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The subject of the chapter is the vidhāna (procedure) of the Puraścaraṇa Saptamī vow.