Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्यविषयश्चापि दशलक्षक उच्यते । प्रत्येकं लक्षदशकौ देशौ कांबोजकोशलौ

Transliteration

pulastyaviṣayaścāpi daśalakṣaka ucyate | pratyekaṃ lakṣadaśakau deśau kāṃbojakośalau

Translation

പുലസ്ത്യന്റെ വിഷയവും ദശലക്ഷ ഗ്രാമപരിമിതമാണെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. കാംബോജയും കോശലവും—ഈ രണ്ടു ദേശങ്ങളും ഓരോന്നും ദശലക്ഷ ഗ്രാമങ്ങളുള്ളവയെന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിതം.

Word by Word

• pulastyaviṣayaḥ: Pulastya-viṣaya (Pulastya’s region; name)
• pulastyaviṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (pulastyasya viṣayaḥ)

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• daśalakṣakaḥ: (having) ten lakhs (as measure)
• daśalakṣakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + lakṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (daśa-lakṣaḥ = ten lakhs; -ka प्रत्ययान्त)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• pratyekam: each
• pratyekam: Sambandha (Distributive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वितरणार्थ (each)

• lakṣadaśakau: two ‘tens of lakhs’ (two sets of ten lakhs)
• lakṣadaśakau: Visheshana (Measure/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + daśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः (lakṣāṇāṃ daśakau / ‘tens of lakhs’)

• deśau: two regions
• deśau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• kāṃbojaḥ: Kāṃboja (name)
• kāṃbojaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṃboja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे पूर्वपद)

• kośalaḥ: Kośala (name)
• kośalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे उत्तरपद)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kośala; Kāṃboja; Pulastya-viṣaya (deśa-names)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tri-regional map: Pulastya-viṣaya, Kāṃboja, Kośala each marked ‘10 lakhs’; Pulastya depicted as a venerable ṛṣi hovering as an eponymic guardian over his territory; Kośala shown with riverine plains.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Kāṃboja
• Kośala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering the lands linked with sages and dharmic cultures reinforces a Purāṇic worldview where geography is interwoven with sacred lineage and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised; the verse lists regions as part of a larger sacred-geographical survey.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides counts and names rather than rites.