Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

लोहपूरे तथा देशे लक्षाः प्रोक्ता नवैव च । ग्रामाणां सप्तलक्षं च पांबीपुरे प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

lohapūre tathā deśe lakṣāḥ proktā navaiva ca | grāmāṇāṃ saptalakṣaṃ ca pāṃbīpure prakīrtitam

Translation

Im Land Lohapūra werden neun Lakhs genannt; und in Pāṃbīpura rühmt man sieben Lakhs an Dörfern.

Word by Word

• loha-pūre: in Lohapūra
• loha-pūre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loha (प्रातिपदिक) + pūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (स्थानवाचक), सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (lohena/lohasya pūraḥ)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• deśe: in the country
• deśe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• lakṣāḥ: lakhs
• lakṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• proktāḥ: are stated
• proktāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि ‘are said’

• nava: nine
• nava: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; ‘lakṣāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

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

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

• sapta-lakṣam: seven lakhs
• sapta-lakṣam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः; ‘seven lakhs’

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

• pāṃbīpure: in Pāṃbīpura
• pāṃbīpure: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṃbīpura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थानवाचक), सप्तमी, एकवचन

• prakīrtitam: is proclaimed
• prakīrtitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘is proclaimed’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic ‘iron-land’ (Lohapūra) with dark hills and ore-bearing rocks, smithy fires in the distance; beside it Pāṃbīpura as a fertile plain with clustered villages—both shown as dense constellations of settlement dots around shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Lohapūra
• Pāṃbīpura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas sanctify the map of Bhārata by remembrance—enumeration itself functions as praise (kīrtana) of sacred space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights Lohapūra and Pāṃbīpura as celebrated regions; no single bathing-place is specified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides a tally-like description of regions.