Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

गंधवत्सागरांतस्य केतुमालमिति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

gaṃdhavatsāgarāṃtasya ketumālamiti smṛtam

Translation

ഗന്ധവത് സമീപം സമുദ്രപര്യന്തം വ്യാപിക്കുന്ന ദേശം ‘കേതുമാലം’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• गन्धवत्: of Gandhavat
• गन्धवत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (नाम), षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of Gandhavat)

• सागरान्तस्य: of the ocean-bounded (region)
• सागरान्तस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर-अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ocean-bounded)

• केतुमालम्: Ketumāla (region)
• केतुमालम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु-माल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (a region)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक)

• स्मृतम्: is known/remembered as
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि: 'is remembered/known'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A segment of the cosmic map highlighting Gandhavata mountain/range and the adjacent ocean-girdled land labeled Ketumāla, with aromatic winds/flowers suggested by the name Gandhavata.

Characters & Entities

• Gandhavata
• Ketumāla
• Ocean (Sāgara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering sacred names and cosmic regions is itself a Purāṇic act of dharmic recollection (smṛti) that sanctifies the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ketumāla is a cosmic varṣa/region; no specific terrestrial tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.