Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 148

Devanagari script

तथैव दशसाहस्रो देशः सूर्यमुखः स्मृतः । एकबाहुस्तथा देशो दशसाहस्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

tathaiva daśasāhasro deśaḥ sūryamukhaḥ smṛtaḥ | ekabāhustathā deśo daśasāhasramucyate

Translation

De même, la terre nommée Sūryamukha est rappelée comme ayant dix mille villages. Ainsi encore, la terre d’Ekabāhu est dite en avoir dix mille.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: indeed/just)

• दशसाहस्रः: ten-thousand
• दशसाहस्रः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश-साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास: दश + साहस्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — 'ten-thousand (in number)'

• देशः: country/region
• देशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सूर्यमुखः: Sūryamukha (region)
• सूर्यमुखः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-मुख (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सूर्य + मुख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)

• स्मृतः: is regarded/known
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय — 'is remembered/considered'

• एकबाहुः: Ekabāhu (region)
• एकबाहुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक; समास: एक + बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)

• देशः: country/region
• देशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दशसाहस्रम्: ten thousand
• दशसाहस्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास: दश + साहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्या — 'ten thousand'

• उच्यते: is said
• उच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, कर्मणि (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūryamukha-deśa; Ekabāhu-deśa (regional frames)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (contextually continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two adjacent regions on a stylized map: Sūryamukha bathed in golden rays; Ekabāhu marked with a heroic emblem (mace/arm-band) and small Śiva shrines; pilgrims move along a road between them.

Characters & Entities

• Sūryamukha
• Ekabāhu
• deśa (region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Naming regions in a Purāṇa functions as a devotional cartography—remembrance (smṛti) itself becomes a form of honoring sacred space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is highlighted; Sūryamukha and Ekabāhu are listed as regions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.