Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85
षट्त्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि गोभुजा जज्ञिरे वराः । सपादलक्षा वणिजो दत्ता मांडलिकाभिधाः
ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi gobhujā jajñire varāḥ | sapādalakṣā vaṇijo dattā māṃḍalikābhidhāḥ
ಮೂವತ್ತಾರು ಸಾವಿರ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಗೋಭೂಜರು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದರು; ಹಾಗೂ ಸವ್ವಾ ಲಕ್ಷ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಗಳು ‘ಮಾಂಡಲಿಕ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಅಧೀನರಾಗಿ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರು।
Narrator (specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A panoramic tableau: herds and agrarian workers symbolizing ‘36,000 gobhūjas’; a bustling bazaar of ‘1.25 lakh’ merchants labeled Māṇḍalikas; officials distribute tokens/charters; the sacred center (forest-āśrama/temple) anchors the scene.
FAQs
The passage underscores scale and organization in dharmic patronage, portraying ordered societal arrangements within the narrative.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Dharmāraṇya episode.
No explicit rite is prescribed; it reports numbers connected with giving/assigning (dāna/niyoga) in the narrative.