Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 16
Exposition of Sin and Merit
Sumanas Episode: Yama’s Realm and Rebirths
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामैंद्रे सुमनोपाख्याने । पापपुण्यविवक्षानाम षोडशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmaiṃdre sumanopākhyāne | pāpapuṇyavivakṣānāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ
یوں شری پدما پران کے پچپن ہزار شلوکوں والی سنہتا میں، ایندرا بھاگ کے سُمنس اُپاکھیان کے اندر، “گناہ و پُنّیہ کی توضیح” کے نام سے سولہواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔
Colophon / redactional closing formula (no direct speaker stated in this verse).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A palm-leaf manuscript lies open on a low wooden desk, its colophon line highlighted in red ink, while a scribe’s stylus rests beside a small oil lamp. In the background, a quiet temple library space suggests the living transmission of Purāṇic memory across generations.","primary_figures":["scribe (lekhaka)","reciter (paurāṇika)"],"setting":"traditional manuscript room with palm leaves, ink pot, lamp, and shelves of wrapped texts","lighting_mood":"temple lamp-lit","color_palette":["warm amber","aged parchment","lac red","dark teak","smoke gray"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a devotional manuscript vignette with a paurāṇika seated near a lamp, palm-leaf folios arranged neatly; gold leaf used on the lamp flame aura and ornamental border, rich reds and greens framing the textual sanctity, South Indian interior details and patterned floor.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: an intimate study scene with a scholar-scribe in a quiet room, delicate rendering of palm leaves and ink marks; cool subdued palette, fine facial features, and a small window showing a serene landscape—emphasizing contemplative scholarship.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized scholar figure with bold outlines, lamp and manuscript enlarged symbolically; flat color fields in yellow-red-green, temple-wall symmetry, and decorative borders echoing grantha motifs.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a central manuscript motif framed by lotus and vine borders, with small cartouches naming ‘Sumanopākhyāna’ and ‘Aindra’; deep blue cloth ground with gold and red detailing, intricate floral patterns celebrating sacred text transmission."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":null,"pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["soft bell","page rustle","low tanpura drone","lamp crackle","library hush"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: संहितायामैंद्रे = संहितायाम् + ऐन्द्रे (सन्धि). षोडशोऽध्यायः = षोडशः + अध्यायः (विसर्ग-सन्धि: ओऽ).
FAQs
It is a colophon—a traditional closing line that identifies the work (Padma Purāṇa), the larger compilation (55,000-verse saṃhitā), the internal section (Aindra), the episode (Sumanopākhyāna), and the chapter number and title (Adhyāya 16 on pāpa and puṇya).
Not directly; it functions as a structural marker. The ethical teaching (sin/merit) belongs to the chapter it concludes rather than to this closing formula.
The verse does not specify a dialogue speaker. Colophons are typically editorial or scribal markers appended to the end of a chapter, independent of the narrative speaker.