Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 277

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये एकादशरुद्रसमीपे दानमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम सप्तसप्तत्युत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye ekādaśarudrasamīpe dānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptasaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบลงเป็นอธยายที่สองร้อยเจ็ดสิบเจ็ด ชื่อว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งทาน ณ ใกล้พระรุทระทั้งสิบเอ็ด” ในมหาตมยะของเขตหาฏเกศวร แห่งนาครขันฑะ เล่มที่หก ภายในศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ อันเป็นสังหิตาแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันโศลก

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• śrī-skānde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skānde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahā-purāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgara section
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ekādaśa-rudra-samīpe: near the Eleven Rudras
• ekādaśa-rudra-samīpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dāna-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of donation
• dāna-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः संज्ञासूचक अव्ययप्रयोग (indeclinable: named/called)

• sapta-saptati-uttara-dviśatatamaḥ: the 277th
• sapta-saptati-uttara-dviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + saptati (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + dviśata (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Redactor/Compiler (colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Ekādaśa-Rudra-samīpa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: scribes/pāṭhakās conclude recitation; a temple silhouette of Hāṭakeśvara and a row of eleven Rudra symbols appear as marginal icons.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Ekādaśa Rudras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is a colophon: it primarily authenticates the section and preserves the chapter title and sacred context.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, especially the area associated with the Ekādaśa Rudras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it summarizes that the chapter concerned the glory of dāna near the Eleven Rudras.