Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
अस्थ्नामत्र शतानि स्युस्त्रीणि षष्ट्यधिकानि च । त्रिंशच्छतसहस्राणि नाडीनां कथितानि च
Transliteration
asthnāmatra śatāni syustrīṇi ṣaṣṭyadhikāni ca | triṃśacchatasahasrāṇi nāḍīnāṃ kathitāni ca
Translation
ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಮೂರು ನೂರು ಅರವತ್ತು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ; ನಾಡಿಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಮೂರು ಲಕ್ಷ ಎಂದು ವರ್ಣಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
Word by Word
asthnāmof bones
asthnām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasthi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Plural)
atrahere
atra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here')
śatānihundreds
śatāni:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Plural)
syuḥwould be; are said to be
syuḥ:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Optative, 3rd person, Plural)
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Numeral; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)
ṣaṣṭi-adhikānisixty more (i.e., plus sixty)
ṣaṣṭi-adhikāni:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṣṭi (संख्या) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural); तत्पुरुष (ṣaṣṭy-adhika = 'exceeding sixty')
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
triṃśatthirty
triṃśat:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottriṃśat (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक; समासाङ्ग (Numeral component: 'thirty')
śatahundred
śata:
Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासाङ्ग (compound member: 'hundred')
sahasrāṇi(three million) thousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural); द्विगु-समास (triṃśat-śata-sahasra = 'thirty hundred thousands' = 3,000,000)
nāḍīnāmof channels (nāḍīs)
nāḍīnām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnāḍī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Plural)
kathitānisaid; stated
kathitāni:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkath (धातु) → kathita (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Past participle; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
Speaker
Kamaṭha
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Nāḍī-mārga (inner pathways)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Disciple/interlocutor
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A semi-transparent human figure showing a lattice of bones (360) and a radiant web of nāḍīs spreading like countless threads; the teacher points to the inner map.
Characters & Entities
N
NāḍīA
Asthi (bones)FAQs
The body is a complex instrument with channels and structure; knowing it supports disciplined practice and non-attachment.
None; it is a physiological enumeration within a philosophical discourse.
None.