Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

सहस्रद्वितयं चैव शतं चैव षडुत्तरम्

Transliteration

sahasradvitayaṃ caiva śataṃ caiva ṣaḍuttaram

Translation

« Deux mille, et cent, plus encore six. »

Word by Word

• sahasra-dvitayam: two thousand
• sahasra-dvitayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + dvitaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सहस्राणां द्वितयम्)

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

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ṣaṭ-uttaram: with six added (i.e., +6)
• ṣaṭ-uttaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षडधिकम् = ‘six more’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe-sage or reciter counts on fingers or with a mālā while indicating a tally—‘two thousand, one hundred, and six’—with Somnātha’s temple library/maṭha ambiance in the background.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It functions as a precise numerical specification within the narrative, reflecting Purāṇic attention to exact counts in sacred contexts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually, Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha), though the verse itself is a numeric statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; it is a numerical clause likely tied to surrounding narrative details.