Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्यविषयश्चापि दशलक्षक उच्यते । प्रत्येकं लक्षदशकौ देशौ कांबोजकोशलौ

Transliteration

pulastyaviṣayaścāpi daśalakṣaka ucyate | pratyekaṃ lakṣadaśakau deśau kāṃbojakośalau

Translation

Auch Pulastyas Gebiet, so heißt es, umfasst zehn Lakhs an Dörfern. Und die Länder Kāṃboja und Kośala werden jeweils als mit zehn Lakhs an Dörfern verkündet.

Word by Word

• pulastyaviṣayaḥ: Pulastya-viṣaya (Pulastya’s region; name)
• pulastyaviṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (pulastyasya viṣayaḥ)

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• daśalakṣakaḥ: (having) ten lakhs (as measure)
• daśalakṣakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + lakṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (daśa-lakṣaḥ = ten lakhs; -ka प्रत्ययान्त)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• lakṣadaśakau: two ‘tens of lakhs’ (two sets of ten lakhs)
• lakṣadaśakau: Visheshana (Measure/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + daśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः (lakṣāṇāṃ daśakau / ‘tens of lakhs’)

• deśau: two regions
• deśau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• kāṃbojaḥ: Kāṃboja (name)
• kāṃbojaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṃboja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे पूर्वपद)

• kośalaḥ: Kośala (name)
• kośalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे उत्तरपद)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kośala; Kāṃboja; Pulastya-viṣaya (deśa-names)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tri-regional map: Pulastya-viṣaya, Kāṃboja, Kośala each marked ‘10 lakhs’; Pulastya depicted as a venerable ṛṣi hovering as an eponymic guardian over his territory; Kośala shown with riverine plains.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Kāṃboja
• Kośala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering the lands linked with sages and dharmic cultures reinforces a Purāṇic worldview where geography is interwoven with sacred lineage and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised; the verse lists regions as part of a larger sacred-geographical survey.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides counts and names rather than rites.