Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सार्द्धं शतं च तीर्थानि मल्लिकाभवनाद्बहिः । तस्य तीर्थप्रमाणं तु विस्तरं राजसत्तम

Transliteration

sārddhaṃ śataṃ ca tīrthāni mallikābhavanādbahiḥ | tasya tīrthapramāṇaṃ tu vistaraṃ rājasattama

Translation

Ô le meilleur des rois, à l’extérieur du Mallikā-bhavana se trouvent cent cinquante tīrthas ; écoute maintenant, en détail, l’étendue et la mesure de ce lieu sacré.

Word by Word

• सार्द्धम्: together with / and a half (in count)
• सार्द्धम्: Sambandha (Quantifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक-निपात (with/along with; ‘and a half’ in counting contexts)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Count/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

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

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मल्लिकाभवनात्: from the Mallikā-house/temple
• मल्लिकाभवनात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लिका-भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मल्लिकायाः भवनम्)

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

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

• तीर्थप्रमाणम्: the measure/extent of the tīrtha(s)
• तीर्थप्रमाणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य प्रमाणम्)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• विस्तरम्: in detail / the extent
• विस्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘detail/expanse’

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• राजसत्तम: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञां सत्तमः)

Speaker

Unknown (context suggests a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mallikā-bhavana (environs)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājasattama (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred landscape: Mallikā-bhavana at center, with many small tīrtha markers (kundas/ghats/lingas) arrayed outside; the narrator gestures as if measuring distances.

Characters & Entities

• Mallikā-bhavana
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The landscape around the tīrtha is densely sanctified, urging pilgrims to recognize sacred geography as a field of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The region outside “Mallikā-bhavana,” presented as a tīrtha-cluster within the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the verse introduces a description of the tīrtha’s extent and associated tīrthas.