Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

महेन्द्रपरतश्चैव इन्द्रद्वीपो निगद्यते । पारियात्रस्य चैवार्वाक्खण्डं कौमारिकं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

mahendraparataścaiva indradvīpo nigadyate | pāriyātrasya caivārvākkhaṇḍaṃ kaumārikaṃ smṛtam

Translation

À l’ouest du mont Mahendra se trouve ce que l’on nomme Indradvīpa. Et la contrée située au nord de la chaîne de Pāriyātra est tenue en mémoire comme le Kaumārikā Khaṇḍa.

Word by Word

• mahendra-parataḥ: beyond/from Mahendra
• mahendra-parataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक) + parataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; दिशावाचक-अव्यय (from/beyond Mahendra)

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

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

• indra-dvīpaḥ: Indradvīpa
• indra-dvīpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (indrasya dvīpaḥ)

• nigadyate: is called/said
• nigadyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√gad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• pāriyātrasya: of Pāriyātra
• pāriyātrasya: Sampradāna-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāriyātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

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

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

• arvāk: on this side of / nearer than
• arvāk: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: arvāk (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशावाचक-अव्यय (towards this side/southward/nearer)

• khaṇḍam: a region/section
• khaṇḍam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• kaumārikam: Kaumārika
• kaumārikam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaumārika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• smṛtam: is known/considered
• smṛtam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; ‘considered/known’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa (regional mahatmya frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cartographic scene: Mahendra mountain on one side, an oceanic ‘dvīpa’ labeled Indradvīpa to its west; Pāriyātra range below with an arrow pointing north to a highlighted tract labeled ‘Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa’.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra
• Indradvīpa
• Pāriyātra
• Kaumārikākhaṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is presented as dharmic knowledge: knowing the holy divisions of the earth supports pilgrimage, remembrance, and reverence for tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is praised directly; the verse identifies regions—Indradvīpa and the Kaumārikā Khaṇḍa—within a sacred geographical map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is primarily classificatory (naming and locating regions).