Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

भूमयो यत्र कौरव्य वरप्रासादशोभिताः । तेषु दानवदैतेयनागाश्चैव सहस्रसः

Transliteration

bhūmayo yatra kauravya varaprāsādaśobhitāḥ | teṣu dānavadaiteyanāgāścaiva sahasrasaḥ

Translation

Ô rejeton des Kurus, il s’y trouve des royaumes ornés de palais splendides et exquis. Dans ces régions demeurent par milliers et milliers les Dānavas, les Daityas et les Nāgas.

Word by Word

• भूमयः: lands/regions
• भूमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: where)

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरव्य: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• वर: excellent
• वर: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासाङ्ग)

• प्रासाद: palaces
• प्रासाद: Visheshya (Head noun within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासाङ्ग) पुंलिङ्ग

• शोभिताः: adorned
• शोभिताः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्/शोभ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग? actually agrees with भूमयः (fem. pl.) but form शोभिताः is masc. pl.; expected शोभिताः used generically; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तेषु: in them
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• दानव: Dānavas
• दानव: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासाङ्ग) पुंलिङ्ग

• दैतेय: Daityas
• दैतेय: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासाङ्ग) पुंलिङ्ग

• नागाः: Nāgas (serpents)
• नागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

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

• सहस्रसः: by the thousand; in thousands
• सहस्रसः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (in thousands)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) [deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pātāla-lokas (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kauravya (Kuru scion)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand subterranean cityscape: multi-tiered palaces with jeweled pillars; crowds of Daityas and Dānavas in martial regalia; Nāgas coiling around gem-studded architecture.

Characters & Entities

• Kauravya
• Dānava
• Daitya
• Nāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even non-human realms are portrayed as orderly and splendid—Puranic cosmography reminds the listener that the universe is vast and structured under divine law (dharma).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets the scene for Pātāla; the specific Śaiva focus in this adhyāya culminates in the mention of Śrīhāṭakeśvara-liṅga in the seventh Pātāla.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.