Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

आयुर्मनोर्युगानां च साधिका ह्येकसप्ततिः । चतुर्दशमनूनां च कालेन ब्रह्मणो दिनम्

Transliteration

āyurmanoryugānāṃ ca sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ | caturdaśamanūnāṃ ca kālena brahmaṇo dinam

Translation

Die Dauer der Yugas im Zeitalter des Manu beträgt einundsiebzig (mit einem zusätzlichen Anteil). Und nach der Zeitspanne von vierzehn Manus wird der „Tag Brahmās“ bemessen.

Word by Word

• आयुः: lifespan
• आयुः: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (lifespan)

• मनॊः: of Manu
• मनॊः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of Manu)

• युगानाम्: of yugas
• युगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural (of yugas)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• साधिका: plus/exceeding
• साधिका: Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicative adjective (exceeding/plus) agreeing with एकसप्ततिः (f.)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed/for)

• एकसप्ततिः: seventy-one
• एकसप्ततिः: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + सप्तति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dvigu numeral noun (seventy-one)

• चतुर्दशमनूनाम्: of the fourteen Manus
• चतुर्दशमनूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश + मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Dvigu compound used as noun (of the fourteen Manus)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• कालेन: by (that) time/measure
• कालेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by time/measure)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of Brahmā)

• दिनम्: day
• दिनम्: Karmaṇi-bhāva / Predicate
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate-noun (a day)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand cosmic court: Brahmā seated on lotus, a vast sun-arc indicating ‘day of Brahmā’; below, 14 Manu figures in a procession of epochs; a time-river flowing through them labeled ‘71 yugas (and a portion)’ per manvantara.

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Brahmā
• Manvantara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation and governance occur in vast manvantara cycles; human life gains meaning when aligned with eternal Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse defines manvantara and Brahmā’s day as cosmological structure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal metric used to contextualize Purāṇic narratives and the unfolding of Dharma.