Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

एको लक्षश्च नेपाले ग्रामाणां परिकीर्तितः । षट्त्रींशल्लक्षमानं तु कान्यकुब्जे प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

eko lakṣaśca nepāle grāmāṇāṃ parikīrtitaḥ | ṣaṭtrīṃśallakṣamānaṃ tu kānyakubje prakīrtitam

Translation

നേപാളിൽ ഗ്രാമങ്ങളുടെ എണ്ണം ഒരു ലക്ഷം എന്നു കീര്ത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; കാന്യകുബ്ജയിൽ മുപ്പത്താറ് ലക്ഷം എന്ന അളവ് പ്രസിദ്ധമാണ്।

Word by Word

• ekaḥ: one
• ekaḥ: Karta (numeral qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• lakṣaḥ: a lakh
• lakṣaḥ: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• nepāle: in Nepal
• nepāle: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nepāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• parikīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed/mentioned
• parikīrtitaḥ: Kriya (predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु) → parikīrtita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः विधेयवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• ṣaṭ-triṃśat-lakṣa-mānam: a measure of thirty-six lakhs
• ṣaṭ-triṃśat-lakṣa-mānam: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + triṃśat (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + māna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (nom./acc. sg.); तत्पुरुष-समास (षट्त्रींशत्-लक्षाणां मानम्)

• tu: but; however
• tu: Sambandha (discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• kānyakubje: in Kānyakubja (Kannauj)
• kānyakubje: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānyakubja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• prakīrtitam: is declared/recorded
• prakīrtitam: Kriya (predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु) → prakīrtita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः विधेयवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (nom./acc. sg.)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nepāla / Kānyakubja (regional frames)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two contrasting landscapes: Nepāla depicted with Himalayan ridges and river valleys; Kānyakubja depicted with broad Gangetic plains and a fortified city silhouette; overlaid with symbolic village clusters indicating the stated lakṣa counts.

Characters & Entities

• Nepāla
• Kānyakubja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa situates dharma within a vast, interconnected sacred landscape, linking many regions under a single civilizational memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha; Nepal and Kānyakubja are cited as regions in a geographic catalogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.