Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

इतिश्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये ब्रह्मकुण्डमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विनवतितमोध्यायः

Transliteration

itiśrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye brahmakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvinavatitamodhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบบทที่เก้าสิบสอง อันมีนามว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งพรหมกุณฑะ” ในมหาตมยะของเขตหาฏเกศวร แห่งภาคที่หก นาครขันฑะ แห่งศรีสกันทมหาปุราณะ อันเป็นสังหิตาแปดหมื่นหนึ่งพันศโลกรวมไว้

Word by Word

• iti: thus; end-quote marker
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• śrīskāṃde: in the revered Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (verses)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

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

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal adjective)

• nāgarakhaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• nāgarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; नगर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: in the section on the greatness of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; हाटकेश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• brahmakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanam: the description of the greatness of Brahma-kuṇḍa
• brahmakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-kuṇḍa-māhātmya-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मकुण्ड + माहात्म्य + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षक-रूपेण (as title)

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः (appellative particle ‘called’)

• dvinavatitamaḥ: ninety-second
• dvinavatitamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi-navati-tama (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + नवति + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Colophon/Editorial closure (traditional Purāṇic ending formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (standard frame; not stated in the colophon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like closing scene: sages seated in a forest-āśrama, palm-leaf manuscript and ink-pot present; a stylized kuṇḍa and a Śiva-liṅga emblem in the background indicating Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and Brahmakuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Brahmakuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a textual colophon, affirming the chapter’s focus: the praise of Brahmakuṇḍa as a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as explicitly named in the chapter title.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a structural closing statement identifying the work, section, and chapter.