Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कोहेचं चंदनक्षेत्रं थलं च हस्तिनापुरम् । कर्पटं कंनजह्नवी वनोडफनफावली

Transliteration

kohecaṃ caṃdanakṣetraṃ thalaṃ ca hastināpuram | karpaṭaṃ kaṃnajahnavī vanoḍaphanaphāvalī

Translation

Koheca, Candanakṣetra, Thala et Hastināpura ; ainsi Karpaṭa, Kaṃnajahnavī et Vanoḍaphanaphāvalī—tels sont ces lieux sacrés.

Word by Word

• कोहेचम्: Koheca (proper name)
• कोहेचम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोहेच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; (अस्पष्ट-नाम)

• चंदनक्षेत्रम्: sandalwood region/field
• चंदनक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sandalwood-field/region)

• थलम्: Thala (proper name; ‘ground/place’)
• थलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• हस्तिनापुरम्: Hastināpura
• हस्तिनापुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (city of elephants)

• कर्पटम्: Karpaṭa (proper name; ‘rag/cloth’)
• कर्पटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्पट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कंनजह्नवी: Kaṃnajahnavī (proper name)
• कंनजह्नवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंन (प्रातिपदिक) + जह्नवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (Jahnavī associated with ‘kaṃna’—unclear)

• वनोडफनफावली: Vanoḍaphanaphāvalī (proper name)
• वनोडफनफावली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक) + ओडफनफावली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (a ‘-āvalī’ series/name; internal segmentation uncertain)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koheca, Candanakṣetra, Thala, Hastināpura, Karpaṭa, Kaṃnajahnavī, Vanoḍaphanaphāvalī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like tableau: a sacred grove in the foreground and, in the distance, a fortified epic city labeled Hastināpura; the pilgrim’s route is shown as a winding line connecting named nodes.

Characters & Entities

• Koheca
• Candanakṣetra
• Thala
• Hastināpura
• Karpaṭa
• Kaṃnajahnavī
• Vanoḍaphanaphāvalī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma ties holiness to lived landscapes—villages and fields become part of a remembered sacred map.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, described through named nodes such as Candanakṣetra and Hastināpura within its sacred expanse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a geographic enumeration.