Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

गंधवत्सागरांतस्य केतुमालमिति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

gaṃdhavatsāgarāṃtasya ketumālamiti smṛtam

Translation

La contrée qui s’étend jusqu’à l’océan près de Gandhavata est tenue en mémoire sous le nom de Ketumāla.

Word by Word

• गन्धवत्: of Gandhavat
• गन्धवत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (नाम), षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of Gandhavat)

• सागरान्तस्य: of the ocean-bounded (region)
• सागरान्तस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर-अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ocean-bounded)

• केतुमालम्: Ketumāla (region)
• केतुमालम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु-माल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (a region)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक)

• स्मृतम्: is known/remembered as
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि: 'is remembered/known'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A segment of the cosmic map highlighting Gandhavata mountain/range and the adjacent ocean-girdled land labeled Ketumāla, with aromatic winds/flowers suggested by the name Gandhavata.

Characters & Entities

• Gandhavata
• Ketumāla
• Ocean (Sāgara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering sacred names and cosmic regions is itself a Purāṇic act of dharmic recollection (smṛti) that sanctifies the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ketumāla is a cosmic varṣa/region; no specific terrestrial tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.