Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 213

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये विश्वामित्रीयमाहात्म्ये कुहरवासिसांबादित्यप्रभाववर्णनंनाम त्रयोदशोत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye viśvāmitrīyamāhātmye kuharavāsisāṃbādityaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma trayodaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ—ในเอกาชีติสาหัสรีสังหิตา เล่มที่หก นาครขันฑะ—ภายในมหาตมยะของเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์หาฏเกศวร และภายในวิศวามิตรียมหาตมยะ บทชื่อว่า “พรรณนาพลังและพระสิริของสามพาดิตยะผู้สถิตในถ้ำ” คือบทที่ 213 จบลงเพียงนี้

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसमाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); 'in the venerable Skanda(-purāṇa)'

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the (section) of eighty-one thousand
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति (संख्या) + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); संख्यावाचक-समास: 'in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand'

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

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• नागरखण्डे: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• नागरखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region
• हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: 'in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra'

• विश्वामित्रीयमाहात्म्ये: in the Viśvāmitrīya Māhātmya
• विश्वामित्रीयमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ईय (तद्धित) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तद्धितान्त-पूर्वपद-तत्पुरुष: 'in the Viśvāmitrīya-māhātmya'

• कुहरवासिसांबादित्यप्रभाववर्णनम्: the description of the glory of Sāmbāditya dwelling in the cave
• कुहरवासिसांबादित्यप्रभाववर्णनम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुहरवासी (प्रातिपदिक) + सांबादित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: 'description of the power/glory of Sāmbāditya (dwelling in the cave)'

• नाम: named
• नाम: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable) शीर्षकनिर्देशकः 'named/called'

• त्रयोदशोत्तरद्विशततमः: the 213th
• त्रयोदशोत्तरद्विशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश (संख्या) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विशत (संख्या) + तम (तद्धित/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); संख्यावाचक-समास: 'two-hundred-and-thirteenth (213th)'

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta/Pradhana (Main heading/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Colophon (editorial/recitational closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; Viśvāmitrīya-māhātmya; Sāmbāditya-kuhara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes and reciters conclude a chapter; the sacred landscape of Hāṭakeśvara and the cave of Sāmbāditya appears as a symbolic backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Ekāśītisāhasrī Saṃhitā
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Viśvāmitrīya Māhātmya
• Sāmbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon: it formally closes the chapter and preserves the textual lineage and sacred geography framework.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and the Viśvāmitrīya context, including the cave-dwelling Sāmbāditya tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a structural marker naming the text-section and chapter title.