Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

स्वादुतोयेन रम्येण समुद्रेण समंततः । एवं कोटिद्वयं पार्थ लक्षपंचाशतत्रयम्

Transliteration

svādutoyena ramyeṇa samudreṇa samaṃtataḥ | evaṃ koṭidvayaṃ pārtha lakṣapaṃcāśatatrayam

Translation

അത് മധുരജലമുള്ള രമണീയ സമുദ്രം ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം ആവൃതമാകുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ പാർത്ഥ, ആകെ അളവ് രണ്ട് കോടി കൂടാതെ അമ്പത് ലക്ഷത്തിന്റെ മൂന്നു മടങ്ങും ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• स्वादुतोयेन: with sweet water
• स्वादुतोयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वादु-तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (स्वादु च तत् तोयम्)

• रम्येण: pleasant/beautiful
• रम्येण: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (समुद्रेण)

• समुद्रेण: by the ocean
• समुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समंततः: on all sides
• समंततः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘on all sides’)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus’)

• कोटिद्वयम्: two crores
• कोटिद्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः (द्वे कोट्यौ)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• लक्षपंचाशतत्रयम्: three (times) fifty lakhs (i.e., 1.5 crores)
• लक्षपंचाशतत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष-पञ्चाशत्-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक; लक्ष=100000, पञ्चाशत्=50, त्रय=3)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः (संख्यासमासः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; note the vocative “Pārtha” appears in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of clear, sweet water encircling a continent; a sage-teacher figure addressing ‘Pārtha’ in the foreground while the cosmos appears as a mandala-map behind them with numbers subtly inscribed.

Characters & Entities

• Svādu-samudra (sweet-water ocean)
• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa presents creation as both beautiful and measurable—uniting wonder (ramya) with order (saṃkhyā), encouraging contemplative reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a numerical summation in a cosmographic passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.