Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तस्य च प्रियव्रत एवाधिपतिर्नाम्ना मेधातिथिरिति

Transliteration

tasya ca priyavrata evādhipatirnāmnā medhātithiriti

Translation

And the sovereign of that land is Priyavrata, known by the name Medhātithi.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that/of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular pronoun)

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

• प्रियव्रतः: Priyavrata
• प्रियव्रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• अधिपतिः: the ruler/lord
• अधिपतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, instrumental singular)

• मेधातिथिः: Medhātithi
• मेधातिथिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधातिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिबोधक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākadvīpa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kurunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A regal figure (Medhātithi/Priyavrata) seated on a lion-throne beneath a stylized world-tree emblem, with attendants holding a map-scroll of Śākadvīpa, suggesting orderly cosmic administration.

Characters & Entities

• Priyavrata
• Medhātithi
• Śākadvīpa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order includes righteous governance; rulers are remembered as part of dharmic structure in Purāṇic narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it identifies the ruler of a dvīpa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.