Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 148

Devanagari script

तथैव दशसाहस्रो देशः सूर्यमुखः स्मृतः । एकबाहुस्तथा देशो दशसाहस्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

tathaiva daśasāhasro deśaḥ sūryamukhaḥ smṛtaḥ | ekabāhustathā deśo daśasāhasramucyate

Translation

Likewise, the land called Sūryamukha is remembered as having ten thousand villages. So too, the land Ekabāhu is said to have ten thousand.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/likewise)

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

• दशसाहस्रः: ten-thousand
• दशसाहस्रः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश-साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास: दश + साहस्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — 'ten-thousand (in number)'

• देशः: country/region
• देशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सूर्यमुखः: Sūryamukha (region)
• सूर्यमुखः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-मुख (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सूर्य + मुख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)

• स्मृतः: is regarded/known
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय — 'is remembered/considered'

• एकबाहुः: Ekabāhu (region)
• एकबाहुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक; समास: एक + बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)

• देशः: country/region
• देशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दशसाहस्रम्: ten thousand
• दशसाहस्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास: दश + साहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्या — 'ten thousand'

• उच्यते: is said
• उच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, कर्मणि (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūryamukha-deśa; Ekabāhu-deśa (regional frames)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (contextually continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two adjacent regions on a stylized map: Sūryamukha bathed in golden rays; Ekabāhu marked with a heroic emblem (mace/arm-band) and small Śiva shrines; pilgrims move along a road between them.

Characters & Entities

• Sūryamukha
• Ekabāhu
• deśa (region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Naming regions in a Purāṇa functions as a devotional cartography—remembrance (smṛti) itself becomes a form of honoring sacred space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is highlighted; Sūryamukha and Ekabāhu are listed as regions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.