Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शिवगंगामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम अष्टपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śivagaṃgāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma aṣṭapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบลงเป็นบทที่ห้าสิบแปด ชื่อว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งศิวคงคา” ในมหาตมยะของเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์หาฏเกศวร ภายในนาครขันฑ์ที่หก แห่งศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ ในเอกาศีติ-สหัสรีสังหิตา

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसंहार/उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• श्री-स्कांदे: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• श्री-स्कांदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् स्कन्दः/स्कन्दपुराणम्); अधिकरण (in)

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

• एकाशीति-साहस्र्याम्: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• एकाशीति-साहस्र्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि यस्याः); विशेषण (of saṃhitā)

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

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

• नागर-खण्डे: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa section
• नागर-खण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नागरं खण्डम्); अधिकरण

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

• शिव-गंगा-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: the narration of the glory of Śivagaṅgā
• शिव-गंगा-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/Title/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवगंगा (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शिवगंगायाः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनम्); शीर्षक-रूपेण

• नाम: named; called
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः शीर्षकसूचक-अव्यय (as called/named)

• अष्ट-पञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-eighth
• अष्ट-पञ्चाशत्तमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या) + पञ्चाशत् (संख्या) + तम (तद्धित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु/संख्यासमासः; क्रमवाचक (58th)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Colophon (textual closure statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-gaṅgā (chapter title reference)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon panel: scribal flourish, chapter title ‘Śiva-gaṅgā-māhātmya-varṇanam’, and the kṣetra name ‘Hāṭakeśvara’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śiva-gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It is a colophon summarizing the chapter’s focus: the glorification (māhātmya) of Śiva-gaṅgā within a sacred-field narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śiva-gaṅgā tīrtha, within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as a textual chapter-ending identifier.