Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

कामरूपे च ग्रामाणां नवलक्षाः प्रकीर्तिताः । डाहले वेदसंज्ञे तु ग्रामाणां नवलक्षकम्

Transliteration

kāmarūpe ca grāmāṇāṃ navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | ḍāhale vedasaṃjñe tu grāmāṇāṃ navalakṣakam

Translation

In Kāmarūpa werden neun Lakṣas an Dörfern verkündet. In Ḍāhala—auch unter dem Namen „Veda“ bekannt—heißt es ebenso, es gebe neun Lakṣas an Dörfern.

Word by Word

• kāmarūpe: in Kāmarūpa
• kāmarūpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (देशवाचक), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• nava-lakṣāḥ: nine lakhs
• nava-lakṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (नव लक्षाः)

• prakīrtitāḥ: are proclaimed
• prakīrtitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि ‘are proclaimed/are mentioned’

• ḍāhale: in Ḍāhala
• ḍāhale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ḍāhala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; देशवाचक

• veda-saṃjñe: called ‘Veda’
• veda-saṃjñe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vedasya saṃjñā) ‘named Veda’; ḍāhale इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• nava-lakṣakam: a total of nine lakhs
• nava-lakṣakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः; ‘nine-lakh (amount)’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmarūpa (regional kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-region diptych: left shows Kāmarūpa with Brahmaputra, red hibiscus, Devī shrine on Nilācala hill; right shows Ḍāhala with forested Narmadā/central plateau, Vedic fire altar and chanting brāhmaṇas—both overlaid with countless village markers.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmarūpa
• Ḍāhala
• Veda (as alternate name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is broadened beyond one shrine—multiple regions are integrated into a dharmic, pan-regional vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is singled out; Kāmarūpa is a famed śākta region, but the verse lists counts rather than tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.