Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तथा शतसहस्राणि ह्ययुतप्रयुतानि च । अर्बुदानि च रत्नानि तथा शङ्खमितानि च

Transliteration

tathā śatasahasrāṇi hyayutaprayutāni ca | arbudāni ca ratnāni tathā śaṅkhamitāni ca

Translation

De même, il y avait des centaines de milliers—des dizaines de milliers et des millions—des myriades sur des myriades; et des joyaux au-delà de tout compte, mesurés aussi en unités dites «śaṅkha».

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (adverb/conjunctive: 'thus/likewise')

• शतसहस्राणि: hundreds and thousands
• शतसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• अयुतप्रयुतानि: ten-thousands and millions
• अयुतप्रयुतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत + प्रयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

• अर्बुदानि: arbuda (a very large number)
• अर्बुदानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

• रत्नानि: gems/jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (adverb)

• शङ्खमितानि: measured by conch-shells (i.e., in conch-measures)
• शङ्खमितानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्ख + मित (प्रातिपदिक; मित = √मा (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle used adjectivally)

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

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-level deduction within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (typical Purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary inventory of countless jewels and treasures, stacked in radiant heaps within a divine Himalayan setting, suggesting the uncountable riches surrounding Śiva’s sphere.

Characters & Entities

• Ratna (jewels)
• Nāga (contextual)
• Śiva (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s glory is portrayed as beyond ordinary measure—devotion turns the mind from limited counting to the limitless sacred.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, as the broader Kedārakhaṇḍa frames these descriptions within the sanctity of the region and its Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse magnifies divine abundance rather than prescribing a practice.