Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

सहस्रमेकमेकं च सर्वखण्डान्यमूनि च । नदीनां संभवं चापि संक्षेपाच्छृणु फाल्गुन

Transliteration

sahasramekamekaṃ ca sarvakhaṇḍānyamūni ca | nadīnāṃ saṃbhavaṃ cāpi saṃkṣepācchṛṇu phālguna

Translation

Écoute brièvement, ô Phālguna, l’ensemble de ces contrées—mille et une—et aussi l’origine des rivières.

Word by Word

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; संख्याशब्द

• ekam: one
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• ekam: one (again)
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

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

• sarva-khaṇḍāni: all the regions/sections
• sarva-khaṇḍāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (sarvāṇi khaṇḍāni)

• amūni: these/those (aforementioned)
• amūni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• nadīnām: of rivers
• nadīnām: Sampradāna-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• saṃbhavam: origin/source
• saṃbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• saṃkṣepāt: briefly/in summary
• saṃkṣepāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (in brief)

• śr̥ṇu: hear/listen
• śr̥ṇu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु) √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• phālguna: O Phālguna (Arjuna)
• phālguna: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nadī-sambhava (river-origin corpus)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator unfurls a vast scroll showing ‘1001’ regions and branching rivers from mountain sources, converging into sangamas and seas; the listener (Phālguna) watches in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• khaṇḍas
• nadīs (rivers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames geography and river-origins as sacred knowledge to be heard with faith, supporting pilgrimage-minded dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha; the verse introduces a concise account of the sacred divisions (khaṇḍas) and river origins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) is implied—“listen briefly”—but no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is prescribed.