Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

छेदे ताली वनोडी च गोव्यंदली तथैव च । कंटाचोषली चैव कोहेचं चंदनस्तथा

Transliteration

chede tālī vanoḍī ca govyaṃdalī tathaiva ca | kaṃṭācoṣalī caiva kohecaṃ caṃdanastathā

Translation

ഛേദ, താലി, വനോടി; അതുപോലെ ഗോവ്യന്ദലി; കൂടാതെ കന്റാചോഷലി, കോഹേചം, ചന്ദനവും പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• छेदे: at/in Chede (place-name)
• छेदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताली: Tālī (place-name)
• ताली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वनोडी: Vanoḍī (place-name)
• वनोडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनोडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• गोव्यंदली: Govyaṃdalī (place-name)
• गोव्यंदली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोव्यंदली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (conjunctive/sequence marker)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

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

• कंटाचोषली: Kaṃṭācoṣalī (place-name)
• कंटाचोषली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंटाचोषली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• कोहेचम्: Kohecaṃ (place-name)
• कोहेचम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोहेच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चंदनः: Candana (place-name)
• चंदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चंदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (conjunctive/sequence marker)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cheda / Tālī / Vanoḍī / Govyaṃdalī / Kaṃṭācoṣalī / Kohecaṃ / Caṃdana (as listed)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A long caravan of pilgrims moves through alternating forest patches and hamlets; each named stop is shown with a distinctive marker—well, pond, sacred tree, or small shrine—like beads on a rosary-string road.

Characters & Entities

• Cheda
• Tālī
• Vanoḍī
• Govyaṃdalī
• Kaṃṭācoṣalī
• Kohecaṃ
• Caṃdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacrality extends across a network of named places, forming a devotional landscape for pilgrimage and remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A cluster of Dharmāraṇya locales is listed: Cheda, Tālī, Vanoḍī, Govyaṃdalī, Kaṃṭācoṣalī, Kohecaṃ, and Caṃdana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None specified in this line; the emphasis is on identification of sacred geography.