Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

लिंगोद्भवस्तथा देशः सहस्राणि दशैव च । भद्रश्च देवभद्रश्च प्रत्येकं दशकौ स्मृतौ

Transliteration

liṃgodbhavastathā deśaḥ sahasrāṇi daśaiva ca | bhadraśca devabhadraśca pratyekaṃ daśakau smṛtau

Translation

Likewise, the land called Liṅgodbhava is indeed ten thousand (villages). And Bhadra and Devabhadra—each of them—is remembered as ten thousand.

Word by Word

• liṅgodbhavaḥ: Liṅgodbhava (name)
• liṅgodbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (liṅgasya udbhavaḥ)

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

• deśaḥ: region/country
• deśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Visheshya (Quantified item/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; (ten)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

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

• bhadraḥ: Bhadra (name)
• bhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• devabhadraḥ: Devabhadra (name)
• devabhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (devasya bhadraḥ / deva-bhadraḥ)

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

• pratyekam: each
• pratyekam: Sambandha (Distributive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्यय; वितरणार्थ (each, severally)

• daśakau: two groups of ten (tens)
• daśakau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• smṛtau: are stated/are remembered
• smṛtau: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘स्मृत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (are said/remembered)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅgodbhava (as deśa-name, not a single shrine here)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator points to a stylized bhū-maṇḍala map, inscribing the names ‘Liṅgodbhava’, ‘Bhadra’, ‘Devabhadra’ with numerals indicating village-counts; attendants listen in a forest āśrama.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅgodbhava
• Liṅga
• Bhadra
• Devabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Shaiva place-names (like Liṅgodbhava) signal how devotion to Śiva permeates geography, turning regions into carriers of sacred meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is described; the verse lists deśas, including a Śaiva-named region, Liṅgodbhava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.