Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 141

Devanagari script

ग्रामसप्ततिसाहस्रो गुर्जरात्रः प्रकीर्तितः । तथा सप्ततिसाहस्रः पांडर्विषय एव च

Transliteration

grāmasaptatisāhasro gurjarātraḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tathā saptatisāhasraḥ pāṃḍarviṣaya eva ca

Translation

Gurjarātra ist dafür bekannt, siebzigtausend Dörfer zu haben; ebenso wird auch das Gebiet Pāṃḍar mit siebzigtausend genannt.

Word by Word

• ग्रामसप्ततिसाहस्रः: (having) seventy thousand villages
• ग्रामसप्ततिसाहस्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (सप्ततिसाहस्रः ग्रामाणाम्/ग्रामैः संबद्धः = having seventy-thousand villages)

• गुर्जरात्रः: Gurjarātra (region)
• गुर्जरात्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुर्जरात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (proper name)

• प्रकीर्तितः: is declared/mentioned
• प्रकीर्तितः: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• सप्ततिसाहस्रः: seventy-thousand (in number)
• सप्ततिसाहस्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (सप्ततिसहस्रसंख्यकः = seventy-thousand in number)

• पांडर्विषयः: Pāṇḍaraviṣaya (region)
• पांडर्विषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांडर (प्रातिपदिक) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (पांडर-नामकः विषयः)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

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

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic western landscape with desert-to-coast transition: ‘Gurjarātra’ labeled over a bustling cluster of villages; beside it another labeled territory ‘Pāṃḍar-viṣaya’, both shown as equal in count (70,000).

Characters & Entities

• Gurjarātra
• Pāṃḍar-viṣaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse dignifies regions through kīrtana (proclamation), a Purāṇic way of sacralizing the world and its communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha; it references Gurjarātra and Pāṃḍar-viṣaya as territories.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.