Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि योजनानां च फाल्गुन । सप्तसागरमानस्तु गर्भोदस्तदनंतरम्

Transliteration

catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ ca phālguna | saptasāgaramānastu garbhodastadanaṃtaram

Translation

ಓ ಫಾಲ್ಗುಣ, ಅದರ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ನಲವತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರ ಯೋಜನಗಳು. ಅದರ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಏಳು ಸಾಗರಗಳ ಸಮಾನ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ ಗರ್ಭೋದ ಸಾಗರವು ಇದೆ.

Word by Word

• चत्वारिंशत्: forty
• चत्वारिंशत्: Visheshana (Numeral modifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चत्वारिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), अव्ययवत्/अविकारी (indeclinable-like numeral stem)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Sankhya-vishaya (Counted units/संख्येय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• फाल्गुन: O Phālguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन-नाम)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• सप्तसागरमानः: a measure of seven oceans
• सप्तसागरमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + सागर + मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• गर्भोदः: Garbodha (name)
• गर्भोदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भोद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण of अनन्तरम्

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Kala/Anukrama (Temporal sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: काल/क्रम-अव्यय (adverb: immediately after)

Speaker

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

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast dark boundary giving way to an immense cosmic ocean—still, heavy waters—its circumference echoing the seven-sea measure; a sage addresses Phālguna while indicating the expanse.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Garbhoda
• Seven Seas (Sapta-sāgara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic cosmography links heroic lineage (Phālguna) with sacred knowledge, framing cosmology as a dharmic teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly pilgrimage site is glorified; the verse maps cosmic oceans and measures.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.