Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 142

Devanagari script

जहाहुतिसहस्राणि द्वाचत्वारिंशदेव च । अष्टषाष्टसहस्राणि प्रोक्तं काश्मीरमंडलम्

Transliteration

jahāhutisahasrāṇi dvācatvāriṃśadeva ca | aṣṭaṣāṣṭasahasrāṇi proktaṃ kāśmīramaṃḍalam

Translation

Jahāhuti est dit compter quarante-deux mille (villages/établissements). Le royaume du Kāśmīra est énoncé à soixante-huit mille.

Word by Word

• जहाहुतिसहस्राणि: thousands (called) Jahāhuti
• जहाहुतिसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जहाहुति (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — Nom./Acc. Plural; समासः: तत्पुरुष (जहाहुति-नामकानि सहस्राणि)

• द्वा: two
• द्वा: Sankhya (Number/संख्या)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन — Nom./Acc. Dual (numeral: two)

• चत्वारिंशत्: forty
• चत्वारिंशत्: Sankhya (Number/संख्या)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चत्वारिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Nom./Acc. Singular (numeral: forty)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

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

• अष्टषाष्टसहस्राणि: sixty-eight thousand
• अष्टषाष्टसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + षाष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — Nom./Acc. Plural; समासः: तत्पुरुष (अष्ट-षाष्टि-सहस्र = 68,000)

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• काश्मीरमंडलम्: the Kashmir region/circle
• काश्मीरमंडलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्मीर (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Nom./Acc. Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (काश्मीरस्य मण्डलम्)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśmīra-maṇḍala (regional maṇḍala rather than single tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Snow-peaked Himalayas labeled ‘Kāśmīra-maṇḍala’, with rivers and saffron fields; a narrator indicates the count ‘aṣṭaṣāṣṭi-sahasrāṇi’ (68,000). Another adjacent territory ‘Jahāhuti’ is shown with clustered settlements.

Characters & Entities

• Jahāhuti
• Kāśmīra-maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

By naming Kāśmīra and other regions with reverent precision, the Purāṇa teaches that the world is to be approached as a sacred mandala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the Kāśmīra-maṇḍala as a celebrated sacred region; no individual tīrtha is specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.