Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 280

Devanagari script

कडोव्या नवमं चैव कोहाटोया दशमं तथा । हरडीयैकादशं चैव भदुकीया द्वादशं तथा

Transliteration

kaḍovyā navamaṃ caiva kohāṭoyā daśamaṃ tathā | haraḍīyaikādaśaṃ caiva bhadukīyā dvādaśaṃ tathā

Translation

കടോവ്യാ ഒമ്പതാമത്തേതും, കോഹാട്ടോയാ പത്താമത്തേതും ആകുന്നു. ഹരടീയാ പതിനൊന്നാമത്തേതും, ഭദുകീയാ പന്ത്രണ്ടാമത്തേതും എന്നു പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कडोव्या: Kaḍovyā (a place/region name)
• कडोव्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कडोव्या (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान/जनपद-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-निर्देश (name)

• नवमम्: the ninth
• नवमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमसंख्या-विशेषण

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कोहाटोया: Kohāṭoyā (a place/region name)
• कोहाटोया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोहाटोया (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान/जनपद-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-निर्देश (name)

• दशमम्: the tenth
• दशमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमसंख्या-विशेषण

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/समुच्चय-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• हरडीय: Haraḍīya (name)
• हरडीय: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरडीय (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान/जनपद-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (नामरूपेण), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम-निर्देश

• एकादशम्: the eleventh
• एकादशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमसंख्या-विशेषण

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भदुकीया: Bhadukīyā (a place/region name)
• भदुकीया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भदुकीया (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान/जनपद-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-निर्देश (name)

• द्वादशम्: the twelfth
• द्वादशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमसंख्या-विशेषण

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/समुच्चय-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaḍovyā / Kohāṭoyā / Haraḍīyā / Bhadukīyā (sequence markers)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-scribe or sage points to a palm-leaf itinerary listing the 9th–12th tirthas; a stylized forest-edge of Dharmāraṇya with small shrines/ponds marked by name-banners.

Characters & Entities

• Kaḍovyā
• Kohāṭoyā
• Haraḍīyā
• Bhadukīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage literature preserves dharma by mapping sacred landscapes—naming places keeps the tīrtha-network alive in memory and practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sequence of named locales is enumerated: Kaḍovyā, Kohāṭoyā, Haraḍīyā, and Bhadukīyā within the Dharmāraṇya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse functions as a geographic/lineage list within the māhātmya-style narration.