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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तस्याधिपतिः प्रैयव्रतो यज्ञबाहुस्तत्पुत्रसुरोचनसौमनस्यरमणकदेवबर्हिपारिभद्राप्यायनाभिज्ञाननामानि सप्तवर्षाणि

Transliteration

tasyādhipatiḥ praiyavrato yajñabāhustatputrasurocanasaumanasyaramaṇakadevabarhipāribhadrāpyāyanābhijñānanāmāni saptavarṣāṇi

Translation

તેનો અધિપતિ પ્રૈયવ્રત વંશનો રાજા યજ્ઞબાહુ છે. તેના પુત્રોના નામ પરથી ત્યાંના સાત વર્ષ—સુરોચન, સૌમનસ્ય, રમણક, દેવ, બર્હિ, પારિભદ્ર, આપ્યાયન અને અભિજ્ઞાન—એવા નામે ઓળખાય છે.

Word by Word
tasyaof that (dvīpa)
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
adhipatiḥruler; lord
adhipatiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
prai-yavrataḥPrai-yavrata (name)
prai-yavrataḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprai-yavrata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम (proper name)
yajñabāhuḥYajñabāhu (name)
yajñabāhuḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (yajñasya bāhuḥ) as proper name
tat-putraḥhis son
tat-putraḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('his son')
surocanaSurocana (region-name)
surocana:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsurocana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (one of the varṣas)
saumanasyaSaumanasya (region-name)
saumanasya:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaumanasya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
ramaṇakaRamaṇaka (region-name)
ramaṇaka:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootramaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
devaDeva (region-name)
deva:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
barhiBarhi (region-name)
barhi:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbarhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
pāribhadraPāribhadra (region-name)
pāribhadra:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāribhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
āpyāyanaĀpyāyana (region-name)
āpyāyana:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāpyāyana (प्रातिपदik)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम
abhijñāna-nāmāni(those) named Abhijñāna
abhijñāna-nāmāni:
Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootabhijñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('named Abhijñāna'); list-terminator indicating names
saptaseven
sapta:
Viśeṣaṇa (Quantifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्यावाचक (numeral used adjectivally), varṣāṇi-विशेषण
varṣāṇiregions (varṣas)
varṣāṇi:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālmalidvīpa (sapta-varṣa division)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like vision of Śālmalidvīpa divided into seven regions, each labeled with a son’s name; at the center, King Yajñabāhu enthroned, holding a scepter, with sages recording names on palm-leaf manuscripts.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śālmalidvīpa
Y
Yajñabāhu
P
Priyavrata (lineage)
S
Surocana
S
Saumanasya
R
Ramaṇaka
D
Deva
B
Barhi
P
Pāribhadra
Ā
Āpyāyana
A
Abhijñāna

FAQs

Purāṇic dharma ties land, lineage, and governance—named regions preserve sacred memory through righteous dynasties.

Śālmalidvīpa is described through its king and regional divisions; it is cosmological sacred geography.

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it continues the dvīpa-varṣa description.

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