Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 210
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये तांबूलोत्पत्ति तांबूलमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम दशोत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye tāṃbūlotpatti tāṃbūlamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
یوں شری اسکند مہاپُران—اکاشیتی ساہسری سنہتا کے چھٹے حصے، ناگرکھنڈ میں—ہاٹکیشور کشترا ماہاتمیہ کے ضمن میں—‘تامبول کی پیدائش اور تامبول کی عظمت کا بیان’ کے نام سے موسوم دو سو دسویں باب کا اختتام ہوا۔
Colophon / redactional closure
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis implied (standard purāṇic setting; not explicit here)
Scene: A manuscript-like colophon scene: sages concluding a recitation; a temple silhouette of Hāṭakeśvara in the background; a ritual tray with tāmbūla leaves, areca nut, lime, and fragrant spices presented as auspicious offering.
FAQs
As a colophon, it primarily authenticates the chapter’s scope—framing tāmbūla as a dharmic, merit-bearing topic within a sacred-place glorification.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as part of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct prescription here; it names the chapter’s theme: the origin and greatness of tāmbūla.