Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 191

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागर खण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सावित्र्या यज्ञागमनकालिकोत्पाताद्यपशकुनोद्भववर्णनंनामैकनवत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgara khaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sāvitryā yajñāgamanakālikotpātādyapaśakunodbhavavarṇanaṃnāmaikanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ ภายในสํหิตาแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก ในนาครขันฑะที่หก ในมหาตมยะของเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์หาฏเกศวร บทชื่อว่า “พรรณนาอัปมงคลและอุตปาตที่บังเกิดในกาลที่นางสาวิตรีเสด็จสู่ยัญพิธี” อันเป็นบทที่ ๑๙๑ ก็สิ้นสุดลงเพียงนี้

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• śrīskānde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskānde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of reference)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/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: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) संहितायाम् प्रति

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

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) खण्डे प्रति

• nāgara: Nāgara
• nāgara: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) खण्डे प्रति (often as part of title)

• khaṇḍe: in the section (khaṇḍa)
• khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

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

• sāvitryāḥ: of Sāvitrī
• sāvitryāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• yajñāgamanakālikotpātādyapaśakunodbhavavarṇanam: the description of the arising of omens etc. at the time of the arrival for the sacrifice
• yajñāgamanakālikotpātādyapaśakunodbhavavarṇanam: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña-āgamana-kālika-utpāta-ādi-apaśakuna-udbhava-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + आगमन + कालिक + उत्पात + आदि + अपशकुन + उद्भव + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शीर्षक-नाम (title noun)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशक (naming particle: ‘called’)

• eka: one
• eka: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) अध्यायः प्रति

• navatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: the one hundred and ninety-first
• navatyuttaraśatatamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navati-uttara-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; नवति + उत्तर + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal) अध्यायः प्रति

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

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame; not named in this colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like colophon scene: sages and reciters conclude a chapter; in the background, a yajña arena under a sky hinting at ominous signs, foreshadowing the next episode.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Sāvitrī
• yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it seals the teaching-theme: how dharmic events unfold amid signs and omens, within a sanctified kṣetra’s sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the focus of the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a formal chapter-ending identification of text, location-context, and topic.