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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तस्याधिपतिः प्रैयव्रतो यज्ञबाहुस्तत्पुत्रसुरोचनसौमनस्यरमणकदेवबर्हिपारिभद्राप्यायनाभिज्ञाननामानि सप्तवर्षाणि

Transliteration

tasyādhipatiḥ praiyavrato yajñabāhustatputrasurocanasaumanasyaramaṇakadevabarhipāribhadrāpyāyanābhijñānanāmāni saptavarṣāṇi

Translation

حاكمُه هو الملكُ من نسلِ Praiyavrata، واسمه Yajñabāhu. وتُسمّى الأقاليمُ السبعة (varṣa) بأسماء أبنائه: Surocana وSaumanasya وRamaṇaka وDeva وBarhi وPāribhadra وĀpyāyana وAbhijñāna.

Word by Word
tasyaof that (dvīpa)
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
adhipatiḥruler; lord
adhipatiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
prai-yavrataḥPrai-yavrata (name)
prai-yavrataḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprai-yavrata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम (proper name)
yajñabāhuḥYajñabāhu (name)
yajñabāhuḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (yajñasya bāhuḥ) as proper name
tat-putraḥhis son
tat-putraḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('his son')
surocanaSurocana (region-name)
surocana:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsurocana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (one of the varṣas)
saumanasyaSaumanasya (region-name)
saumanasya:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaumanasya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
ramaṇakaRamaṇaka (region-name)
ramaṇaka:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootramaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
devaDeva (region-name)
deva:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
barhiBarhi (region-name)
barhi:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbarhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
pāribhadraPāribhadra (region-name)
pāribhadra:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāribhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
āpyāyanaĀpyāyana (region-name)
āpyāyana:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāpyāyana (प्रातिपदik)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
abhijñāna-nāmāni(those) named Abhijñāna
abhijñāna-nāmāni:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootabhijñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('named Abhijñāna'); list-terminator indicating names
saptaseven
sapta:
Viśeṣaṇa (Quantifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्यावाचक (numeral used adjectivally), varṣāṇi-विशेषण
varṣāṇiregions (varṣas)
varṣāṇi:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālmalidvīpa (sapta-varṣa division)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like vision of Śālmalidvīpa divided into seven regions, each labeled with a son’s name; at the center, King Yajñabāhu enthroned, holding a scepter, with sages recording names on palm-leaf manuscripts.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śālmalidvīpa
Y
Yajñabāhu
P
Priyavrata (lineage)
S
Surocana
S
Saumanasya
R
Ramaṇaka
D
Deva
B
Barhi
P
Pāribhadra
Ā
Āpyāyana
A
Abhijñāna

FAQs

Purāṇic dharma ties land, lineage, and governance—named regions preserve sacred memory through righteous dynasties.

Śālmalidvīpa is described through its king and regional divisions; it is cosmological sacred geography.

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it continues the dvīpa-varṣa description.

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