Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

आत्रेयो मांडिलश्चैव १४ लौगाक्षश्च १५ ततः परम् । स्वस्थानानां च नामानि प्रवक्ष्याम्यनुपूर्वशः

Transliteration

ātreyo māṃḍilaścaiva 14 laugākṣaśca 15 tataḥ param | svasthānānāṃ ca nāmāni pravakṣyāmyanupūrvaśaḥ

Translation

Ātreya und Māṃḍila ebenfalls (der Vierzehnte) und Laugākṣa (der Fünfzehnte); danach werde ich der Reihe nach die Namen ihrer eigenen heiligen Wohnstätten verkünden.

Word by Word

• आत्रेयः: Ātreya (proper name)
• आत्रेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• माण्डिलः: Māṇḍila (proper name)
• माण्डिलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• लौगाक्षः: Laugākṣa (proper name)
• लौगाक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लौगाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ततः: thereafter; then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनुक्रम (from that/thereafter)

• परम्: further; next
• परम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• स्वस्थानानाम्: of their own places/locations
• स्वस्थानानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अनुपूर्वशः: in due order; sequentially
• अनुपूर्वशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुपूर्वशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in order/sequence)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svāsthānas of the ṛṣis (to be listed)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage holding a palm-leaf manuscript declares: 'I will tell the abodes in order'; behind him, a stylized map with nodes (āśramas) connected by paths.

Characters & Entities

• Ātreya
• Māṃḍila
• Laugākṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya sanctifies geography by linking it to realized sages and their established abodes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The text signals an upcoming ordered list of locales (svasthānas) connected with these sages within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is a transition from ṛṣi-names to place-names.