Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

मेवाडे च तथा प्रोक्तो लक्षश्चैकःसपादकः । अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि वागुरिः परिकीर्तितः

Transliteration

mevāḍe ca tathā prokto lakṣaścaikaḥsapādakaḥ | aśītiśca sahasrāṇi vāguriḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Translation

മേവാഡദേശത്തിലും അതുപോലെ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു—ഒരു ലക്ഷംയും സപാദവും (സവാലക്ഷം). വാഗുരി എൺപതിനായിരം (ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ/വാസസ്ഥലങ്ങൾ) ഉള്ളതായി പ്രസിദ്ധമാണ്.

Word by Word

• मेवाडे: in Mewāḍa
• मेवाडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेवाड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular

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

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रोक्तः: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तः: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• लक्षः: a lakh (100,000)
• लक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (numeral: one lakh)

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

• एकः: one
• एकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (numeral adjective)

• सपादकः: with an extra quarter (i.e., one and a quarter)
• सपादकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (सहितः पादेन = with an additional quarter)

• अशीतिः: eighty
• अशीतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (numeral: eighty)

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

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — Nom./Acc. Plural (thousands)

• वागुरिः: Vāguri (region/name)
• वागुरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वागुरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (proper name)

• परिकीर्तितः: is proclaimed/mentioned
• परिकीर्तितः: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) → परिकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator recites a scroll-like catalogue of regions—Mevāḍa and Vāguri—while a stylized map of western India appears behind, dotted with many village icons to convey ‘one lakh and a quarter’ and ‘eighty thousand’.

Characters & Entities

• Mevāḍa
• Vāguri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It continues the celebratory catalog of lands—Purāṇic texts often transmit holiness through named places and remembered extents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mevāḍa and Vāguri are referenced as regions; a particular tīrtha is not identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.