Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

रूपावली बहुधनं छत्रीटं वंशंजं तथा । जायासंरणं गोतिकी च चित्रलेखं तथैव च

Transliteration

rūpāvalī bahudhanaṃ chatrīṭaṃ vaṃśaṃjaṃ tathā | jāyāsaṃraṇaṃ gotikī ca citralekhaṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

Rūpāvalī, Bahudhana, Chatrīṭa et aussi Vaṃśaṃja ; Jāyāsaṃraṇa, Gotikī et encore Citralekha—noms sacrés pour la récitation dévote.

Word by Word

• रूपावली: Rūpāvalī (proper name; ‘series of beauty/forms’)
• रूपावली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + आवली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (row/series of forms/beauties)

• बहुधनम्: Bahudhana (proper name; ‘much wealth’)
• बहुधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (much-wealth)

• छत्रीटम्: Chatrīṭa (proper name)
• छत्रीटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्रीट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अस्पष्ट-नाम)

• वंशंजम्: Vaṃśaja (proper name; ‘lineage-born’)
• वंशंजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (born of lineage/bamboo)

• तथा: thus; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• जायासंरणम्: Jāyāsaṃraṇa (proper name)
• जायासंरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाया (प्रातिपदिक) + संराण/संरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (protection/refuge of wife; internal reading uncertain: ‘saṃraṇa/saṃraṇam’)

• गोतिकी: Gotikī (proper name)
• गोतिकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोतिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• चित्रलेखम्: Citralekha (proper name; ‘wonderful drawing/writing’)
• चित्रलेखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लेख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (variegated writing/drawing)

• तथा: thus; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rūpāvalī, Bahudhana, Chatrīṭa, Vaṃśaṃja, Jāyāsaṃraṇa, Gotikī, Citralekha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a cluster of shrines; one spot is depicted as prosperous with granaries (Bahudhana), another as artistic with painted panels (Citralekha), another as protective with a parasol motif (Chatrīṭa).

Characters & Entities

• Rūpāvalī
• Bahudhana
• Chatrīṭa
• Vaṃśaṃja
• Jāyāsaṃraṇa
• Gotikī
• Citralekha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic Mahātmya treats the land itself as a vessel of dharma, preserved through the litany of sacred place-names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, through its named villages that collectively form a holy pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; the verse is part of the region’s sacred geographic catalogue.