Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सैकोनविंशतिशतं तीर्थान्येकैकशो द्विजाः । स्तबकेषु कृतं तीर्थं द्विशतं सचतुर्दशम्

Transliteration

saikonaviṃśatiśataṃ tīrthānyekaikaśo dvijāḥ | stabakeṣu kṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ dviśataṃ sacaturdaśam

Translation

おお二度生まれし者たちよ、ティールタは一つ一つ数えて百十九ある。また「スタバカ」（群・房）において建立されたティールタは二百十四に及ぶ。

Word by Word

• स: that
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• एकोनविंशतिशतम्: nineteen hundred (i.e., 1900)
• एकोनविंशतिशतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-ऊन-विṃशति-शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संख्यासमासः (एकोनविंशतिः = 19; तस्य शतम् = 1900)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage-places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• एकैकशः: one by one
• एकैकशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकैकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वितरणार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (distributive adverb: ‘one by one’)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (8th/1st), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense)

• स्तबकेषु: in the clusters/sections
• स्तबकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तबक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• कृतम्: made/arranged
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘निर्मितम्/कृतम्’

• तीर्थम्: a tīrtha (set/collection)
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• द्विशतम्: two hundred
• द्विशतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (द्वे शते यस्य/द्विशतम् = 200)

• सचतुर्दशम्: together with fourteen (i.e., 214)
• सचतुर्दशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चतुर्दश (प्रातिपदिक; स + चतुर्दश)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘स’ = सहित (with) उपसर्गवत्; संख्या-विशेषण

Speaker

A sage (muni), addressing dvijas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-samūha (aggregate)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dwijas (brahmin audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching scene where the sage announces precise numbers of tīrthas—119 individually and 214 in clusters—while disciples record the counts on palm leaves beside a flowing river.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas
• Stabaka (clusters/groups)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa systematizes holiness: sacred places are not random but carefully enumerated, guiding pilgrims toward disciplined devotional travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site; the verse summarizes the overall count of tīrthas in this Revā Khaṇḍa listing, including grouped ‘stabaka’ collections.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is archival—counting and organizing tīrthas for pilgrims and reciters.