Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 239

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शेषशाय्युपाख्याने ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्ये तपोऽधिकारषोडशोपचारदीपमहिमवर्णनंनामैकोनचत्वारिंशदुत्तर द्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne brahmanāradasaṃvāde cāturmāsyamāhātmye tapo'dhikāraṣoḍaśopacāradīpamahimavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśaduttara dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری اسکند مہاپُران کی ایکاشیتی ساہسری سنہتا کے چھٹے ناگر کھنڈ میں—ہاٹکیشور کھیتر ماہاتمیہ، شیش شایِی اُپاکھیان، برہما-نارد سَمواد کے چاتُرمَاسیہ ماہاتمیہ کے ضمن میں—‘تپَس کے ادھیکار اور سولہ اُپچاروں میں دیپ کی مہِما کی توصیف’ نامی باب، یعنی باب 239، اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• śrīskāṃde: in the Śrī Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrīskāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-skanda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + स्कन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + पुराण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular; qualifying saṃhitāyām)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular; qualifying khaṇḍe)

• nāgarakhaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• nāgarakhaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara-khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; नगर + खण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; हाटक + ईश्वर + क्षेत्र + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne: in the episode called ‘Śeṣa-śāyī’
• śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa-śāyī-upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक; शेष + शायी + उपाख्यान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• brahmanāradasaṃvāde: in the dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada
• brahmanāradasaṃvāde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman-nārada-saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + नारद + संवाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• cāturmāsyamāhātmye: in the Māhātmya of Cāturmāsya
• cāturmāsyamāhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक; चातुर्मास्य + माहात्म्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular; compound-member)

• adhikāra: section/topic
• adhikāra: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular; compound-member)

• ṣoḍaśopacāra: sixteen services (of worship)
• ṣoḍaśopacāra: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣoḍaśa-upacāra (प्रातिपदिक; षोडश + उपचार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular; compound-member)

• dīpamahimavarṇanam: description of the greatness of the lamp
• dīpamahimavarṇanam: Karma (Appositional title/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa-mahimā-varṇana (प्रातिपदिक; दीप + महिमा + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular; title-element)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Sambandha (Title marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-शब्दः; title-marker)

• ekonacatvāriṃśaduttara: (the) one-less-than-forty plus (i.e., 39th) beyond (in the sequence)
• ekonacatvāriṃśaduttara: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona-catvāriṃśat-uttara (प्रातिपदिक; एकोन + चत्वारिंशत् + उत्तर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular; qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

• dviśatatamaḥ: two-hundredth
• dviśatatamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi-śata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + शत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular; ordinal qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (redactional/compilational voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript colophon scene: sages in assembly conclude a teaching; behind them a stylized map-like hint of the kṣetra and a lamp symbolizing the chapter’s theme.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara Khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śeṣaśāyī
• Brahmā
• Nārada
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a chapter colophon, preserving the textual map that frames the lamp-glory teaching within kṣetra-māhātmya and Cāturmāsya dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred region whose māhātmya contains this teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The title signals focus on tapo’adhikāra and the lamp’s glory within ṣoḍaśopacāra (sixteen offerings), rather than giving a single new injunction.