Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

ग्रामाणां सप्तलक्षं च रटराजे प्रकीर्तितम् । हरीआले च ग्रामाणां लक्षपंचकसंमितम्

Transliteration

grāmāṇāṃ saptalakṣaṃ ca raṭarāje prakīrtitam | harīāle ca grāmāṇāṃ lakṣapaṃcakasaṃmitam

Translation

À Raṭarāja, l’on proclame sept lakhs de villages ; et à Harīāla, l’on dit que les villages atteignent cinq lakhs.

Word by Word

• ग्रामाणाम्: of villages
• ग्रामाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• सप्तलक्षम्: seven lakhs
• सप्तलक्षम्: Karma/Pradhana-visheshya (Object/quantified total)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रटराजे: in Raṭarāja (region)
• रटराजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रटराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• प्रकीर्तितम्: is declared/mentioned
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि), क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरीआले: in Harīāla (region)
• हरीआले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरीआल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ग्रामाणाम्: of villages
• ग्रामाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• लक्षपंचकसंमितम्: amounting to five lakhs
• लक्षपंचकसंमितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक) + संमित (प्रातिपदिक; √मा 'to measure' with सम्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (लक्षपञ्चकेन संमितम् = measured by five lakhs)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raṭarāja; Harīāla (regional deśa listing)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stylized pilgrimage map: two labeled regions—Raṭarāja and Harīāla—shown as mandala-like territories filled with countless tiny village icons, shrines, and processional roads; a sage recites figures to a royal listener.

Characters & Entities

• Raṭarāja
• Harīāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It reinforces the Purāṇic vision of a divinely ordered landscape where regions are remembered and honored as part of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the regions Raṭarāja and Harīāla generally, not a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.