Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

दशमं ब्रह्मवैवर्तं तावत्संख्यमिहोच्यते । लैङ्गमेकादशं ज्ञेयं तथैकादशसंख्यया

Transliteration

daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ tāvatsaṃkhyamihocyate | laiṅgamekādaśaṃ jñeyaṃ tathaikādaśasaṃkhyayā

Translation

والعاشر هو «برهمفايفارتا»، ويُقال هنا إن له المقدار نفسه (كما ذُكر آنفاً). وينبغي أن يُعرَف «لينغا بورانا» على أنه الحادي عشر، بعدد أحد عشر ألفَ بيت.

Word by Word

• daśamam: tenth
• daśamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• brahma-vaivartam: (the) Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa)
• brahma-vaivartam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + vaivarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ग्रन्थनाम; तत्पुरुष

• tāvat-saṃkhyam: of that much count
• tāvat-saṃkhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘so much in number’

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ucyate: is said
• ucyate: Kriyā (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• laiṅgam: (the) Laiṅga (Purāṇa)
• laiṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laiṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ग्रन्थनाम

• ekādaśam: eleventh
• ekādaśam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक/संख्याविशेषण

• jñeyam: should be known
• jñeyam: Kriyā (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु) → jñeya (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भाव्य/विधेय (तव्यत्/अनीयर्-भावः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘to be known’

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• ekādaśa-saṃkhyayā: by the number eleven (i.e., 11,000 implied)
• ekādaśa-saṃkhyayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘एकादश संख्या’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), addressing Śaunaka and the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A balanced diptych: on one side a radiant liṅga with bilva leaves; on the other a Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa emblem; sages in the center recite the canon list, symbolizing harmony of traditions.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa
• Liṅga Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tradition maintains a disciplined catalog of texts, enabling reliable study and sectarian/theological orientation (e.g., Liṅga for Śaiva focus).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse is a bibliographic enumeration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides ordering and verse-counts.