Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पाद्मं च पञ्चपञ्चाशत्सहस्राणि निगद्यते । तृतीयं वैष्णवंनाम त्रयोविंशतिसंख्यया

Transliteration

pādmaṃ ca pañcapañcāśatsahasrāṇi nigadyate | tṛtīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃnāma trayoviṃśatisaṃkhyayā

Translation

പാദ്മ പുരാണം അമ്പത്തയ്യായിരം ശ്ലോകങ്ങളുള്ളതെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. മൂന്നാമത് ‘വൈഷ്ണവ’ നാമമുള്ള പുരാണം; അതിന്റെ എണ്ണം ഇരുപത്തിമൂന്നായിരം (ശ്ലോകങ്ങൾ).

Word by Word

• पाद्मम्: the Pādma Purāṇa
• पाद्मम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (name of Purāṇa)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्सहस्राणि: fifty-five thousand (verses)
• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + pañcāśat + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास ("fifty-five thousands" = 55,000)

• निगद्यते: is declared
• निगद्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-gad (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (present passive: "is stated/declared")

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (ordinal: "third")

• वैष्णवम्: the Vaiṣṇava (Purāṇa)
• वैष्णवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (name of Purāṇa)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक निपात (quotative/label particle: "named")

• त्रयोविंशतिसंख्यया: by the count of twenty-three (thousand)
• त्रयोविंशतिसंख्यया: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayas + viṃśati + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; संख्या-तत्पुरुष ("with the number twenty-three"; instrumental of measure)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), addressing Śaunaka and the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣisattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two manuscripts are indicated: one associated with Padma (lotus emblem) and one with Viṣṇu (śaṅkha-cakra emblem), as the narrator states their verse counts and order.

Characters & Entities

• Pādma Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas are presented as an ordered sacred corpus; knowing their names and scope supports faithful study (svādhyāya) and transmission of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is praised in this verse; it is part of a Purāṇa-catalog within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides textual enumeration rather than ritual instruction.