Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 153

Devanagari script

सपादलक्षग्रामाणां प्रत्येकं परिकीर्तितः । पंचलक्षाश्च ग्रामाणां स्त्रीराज्यं परिकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

sapādalakṣagrāmāṇāṃ pratyekaṃ parikīrtitaḥ | paṃcalakṣāśca grāmāṇāṃ strīrājyaṃ parikīrtitam

Translation

Jede dieser Regionen wird als enthaltend ein Lakhs und ein Viertel Lakhs an Dörfern verkündet. Und das Land, bekannt als Strīrājya, wird als enthaltend fünf Lakhs an Dörfern ausgerufen.

Word by Word

• sapāda: with a quarter (one and a quarter)
• sapāda: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; संख्याविशेषण (with a quarter; ‘and a quarter’)

• lakṣa: lakh (100,000)
• lakṣa: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, (समासपूर्वपद); संख्या ‘lakh’

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• pratyekam: each
• pratyekam: Sambandha (Distributive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वितरणार्थ (each)

• parikīrtitaḥ: is described/declared
• parikīrtitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari+kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘परिकीर्तित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is described)

• paṃcalakṣāḥ: five lakhs
• paṃcalakṣāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: द्विगुसमासः; (pañca-lakṣa) संख्यावाचक; पुं/नपुंसकानुसारं प्रथमा बहुवचनरूपम् (here as count)

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

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• strīrājyam: Strīrājya (women’s kingdom; name)
• strīrājyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (strīṇāṃ rājyaṃ / strī-rājyam)

• parikīrtitam: is described/declared
• parikīrtitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari+kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘परिकीर्तित’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is described)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Strīrājya (deśa-name)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like tableau showing three regions each marked ‘1.25 lakh villages’, and a distinct, ornate city labeled Strīrājya marked ‘5 lakh villages’, with female rulers depicted in council.

Characters & Entities

• Strīrājya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames the world as a sacred, knowable order—remembering and mapping lands becomes a way of honoring dharma and the divine structure of creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is singled out in this verse; it participates in a broader sacred-geographical catalogue within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is descriptive (enumerative) rather than prescriptive.