Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

“باب/ادھیائے”—یہاں باب کی علامت ہے۔

Word by Word

• adhyāya: chapter
• adhyāya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शीर्षक/अध्याय-निर्देश (chapter heading)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style pause: the word 'Adhyāya' as a rubric separating narrative units.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This line is a structural marker (“adhyāya”), signaling chapter division rather than conveying a doctrinal teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this marker line; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa context (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is not a ritual or narrative verse.