Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 141
Devanagari script
ग्रामसप्ततिसाहस्रो गुर्जरात्रः प्रकीर्तितः । तथा सप्ततिसाहस्रः पांडर्विषय एव च
Transliteration
grāmasaptatisāhasro gurjarātraḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tathā saptatisāhasraḥ pāṃḍarviṣaya eva ca
Translation
グルジャラートラ（Gurjarātra）は七万の村を有すると名高い。さらにパーンダル（Pāṃḍar）の領域もまた七万と説かれる。
Word by Word
ग्रामसप्ततिसाहस्रः(having) seventy thousand villages
ग्रामसप्ततिसाहस्रः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (सप्ततिसाहस्रः ग्रामाणाम्/ग्रामैः संबद्धः = having seventy-thousand villages)
गुर्जरात्रःGurjarātra (region)
गुर्जरात्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगुर्जरात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (proper name)
प्रकीर्तितःis declared/mentioned
प्रकीर्तितः:
Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)
सप्ततिसाहस्रःseventy-thousand (in number)
सप्ततिसाहस्रः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तति (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (सप्ततिसहस्रसंख्यकः = seventy-thousand in number)
पांडर्विषयःPāṇḍaraviṣaya (region)
पांडर्विषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपांडर (प्रातिपदिक) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (पांडर-नामकः विषयः)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Unspecified
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A panoramic western landscape with desert-to-coast transition: ‘Gurjarātra’ labeled over a bustling cluster of villages; beside it another labeled territory ‘Pāṃḍar-viṣaya’, both shown as equal in count (70,000).
Characters & Entities
G
GurjarātraP
Pāṃḍar-viṣayaFAQs
The verse dignifies regions through kīrtana (proclamation), a Purāṇic way of sacralizing the world and its communities.
No single tīrtha; it references Gurjarātra and Pāṃḍar-viṣaya as territories.
None.