Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 230

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जलशाय्युपाख्याने वृकेन्द्रराज्यलंभनवर्णनंनाम त्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jalaśāyyupākhyāne vṛkendrarājyalaṃbhanavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้จบ “อธิบายการที่วฤกะได้ครองราชย์แห่งอินทระ” เป็นอธิยายที่ ๒๓๐ ในศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ แห่งเอกาศีติสาหัสรีสังหิตา ภาคที่หก นาครขันฑะ ภายใต้ตถาความยิ่งแห่งตีรถะ ณ หาฏเกศวรเกษตร ในอุปาขยานชื่อชลศายี

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्ति सूचक अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• श्रीस्कांदे: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्रीस्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कन्द-सम्बद्धः)

• महापुराणे: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• महापुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् पुराणम्)

• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses) collection
• एकाशीतिसाहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः) — ‘(in) the 81-thousand (collection)’

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• नागरखण्डे: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa section
• नागरखण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नागर-सम्बद्धं खण्डम्)

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

• जलशाय्युपाख्याने: in the episode called Jalaśāyī
• जलशाय्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलशायी + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जलशाय्याः उपाख्यानम्)

• वृकेन्द्रराज्यलंभनवर्णनम्: the description of Vṛkendra obtaining kingship
• वृकेन्द्रराज्यलंभनवर्णनम्: Karta (Heading/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक + इन्द्र + राज्य + लम्भन + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (वृकेन्द्रस्य राज्य-लम्भनस्य वर्णनम्)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable), नामनिर्देशक (called/namely)

• त्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमः: the 230th
• त्रिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिंशत् + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण — ‘two-hundred-and-thirtieth’ (द्विशतस्य त्रिंशदुत्तरः)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Heading/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon (editorial/narrative closure formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (implied frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style closing tableau: sages seated in a forest hermitage, palm-leaf manuscript and ink-pot present; a subtle backdrop hint of a Śaiva kṣetra—liṅga shrine and pilgrims—signaling the end of a chapter about Vṛka’s rise to Indra-like sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Jalaśāyī-upākhyāna
• Vṛka
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon; its function is archival—naming the sacred setting and the chapter’s theme to preserve transmission and context.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a chapter-conclusion identification statement.