Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

समासेनैव मुनयस्तथाहं कथयामि वः । सप्तषष्टिसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यस्तथैव च

Transliteration

samāsenaiva munayastathāhaṃ kathayāmi vaḥ | saptaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathaiva ca

Translation

ಓ ಮುನಿಗಳೇ, ನಾನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಪವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಅರವತ್ತೇಳು ಸಾವಿರ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಅರವತ್ತು ಕೋಟಿ ಕೂಡ (ಅಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಮಹತ್ತರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ).

Word by Word

• समासेन: in brief, by summarizing
• समासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (restrictive/emphatic)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Sambodhana/Addressed (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/so)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथयामि: I tell, I narrate
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• सप्त-षष्टि-सहस्राणि: sixty-seven thousands
• सप्त-षष्टि-सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• षष्टि-कोट्यः: sixty crores
• षष्टि-कोट्यः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-samūha (collective)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (munayaḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages listens as the narrator gestures to an imagined map of countless tīrthas—river dotted with innumerable shrines and ghāṭas fading into the horizon; numbers appear as symbolic script in the air.

Characters & Entities

• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacredness of Revā is immeasurable; human narration can only summarize the boundless tīrtha-network.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single site—this verse magnifies Revā’s entire landscape of countless tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes scope and prepares for a condensed listing.