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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । तिस्रःकोट्योर्धकोटी च तीर्थानामिह भूतले । श्रूयते सूत कार्त्स्न्येन कीर्त्यमाना मुनीश्वरैः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | tisraḥkoṭyordhakoṭī ca tīrthānāmiha bhūtale | śrūyate sūta kārtsnyena kīrtyamānā munīśvaraiḥ

Translation

Les sages dirent : Ici, sur la terre, on entend qu’il existe trois crores et un demi-crore de tīrthas, pleinement célébrés par les seigneurs des munis. Ô Sūta, (parle-nous d’eux).

Word by Word
ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
तिस्रःthree
तिस्रः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘कोट्यः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
कोट्यःcrores
कोट्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
अर्धकोटीhalf a crore
अर्धकोटी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कोट्याः अर्धम्)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
तीर्थानाम्of sacred places (tīrthas)
तीर्थानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: here)
भूतलेon the earth
भूतले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
श्रूयतेis heard/is said
श्रूयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
सूतO Sūta
सूत:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
कार्त्स्न्येनcompletely/in entirety
कार्त्स्न्येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्त्स्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
कीर्त्यमानाbeing recounted
कीर्त्यमाना:
Kriya (Participial qualifier/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकीर्त्यमान (कृदन्त; √कीर्त्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle); ‘(संख्या) श्रूयते’ इत्यस्य सहचर-विशेषणम्
मुनीश्वरैःby the lordly sages
मुनीश्वरैः:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां ईश्वराः)
Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha-saṅkhyā (three and a half crores)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Forest assembly of ṛṣis addressing Sūta: a didactic moment initiating a tīrtha-catalog; visual motif of a cosmic map or river-network behind them.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛṣis
S
Sūta
T
Tīrthas
M
Munīśvaras

FAQs

The Purāṇa frames the world as sacred geography filled with innumerable tīrthas, inviting reverence and pilgrimage-minded living.

Not one site; the verse broadly glorifies the vast multitude of tīrthas on earth as praised by great sages.

None explicitly; it introduces an inquiry that leads to guidance on how to gain tīrtha benefits.

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