Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 242

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शेषशाय्युपाख्याने ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे चातुर्मास्यमाहात्म्येऽष्टादशप्रकृतिकथनंनाम द्विचत्वारिंशदुत्तरद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne brahmanāradasaṃvāde cāturmāsyamāhātmye'ṣṭādaśaprakṛtikathanaṃnāma dvicatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری اسکند مہاپُران کی اکیاسی ہزار شلوکوں والی سنہتا میں، ششم ناگرکھنڈ کے اندر، ہاٹکیشور کھیتر ماہاتمیہ، شیش شایِی اُپاکھیان، برہما-نارد سنواد اور چاتُرمَاسیہ ماہاتمیہ میں، “اٹھارہ طبیعتوں کی تعلیم” نامی باب 242 اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus; here ends
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

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

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

• ekāśītisāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśītisāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti-sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीतिः + साहस्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying saṃhitā)

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

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (qualifying khaṇḍa)

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

• 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: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

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

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

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

• aṣṭādaśaprakṛtikathanaṃnāma: (entitled) ‘Narration of the eighteen prakṛtis’
• aṣṭādaśaprakṛtikathanaṃnāma: Karta (Title/कर्ता-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭādaśa-prakṛti-kathana-nāman (प्रातिपदिक; अष्टादश + प्रकृति + कथन + नामन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नामधेय-निर्देश (title in apposition)

• dvicatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: the 242nd
• dvicatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi-catvāriṃśat-uttara-dviśata-tama (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + चत्वारिंशत् + उत्तर + द्विशत + तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (qualifying adhyāyaḥ)

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

Speaker

Narratorial colophon (textual closure marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manuscript colophon moment: scribal closure of a chapter, with headings naming khanda, kṣetra-māhātmya, upākhyāna, and dialogue participants.

Characters & Entities

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

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it chiefly authenticates the textual setting and sacred framing of the teaching rather than presenting a new doctrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred geography context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a chapter-end colophon identifying work, location, and narrative frame.