Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि तत्र सिद्धेश्वरे स्थिताः । सप्त चैव सहस्राणि मार्कंडेये तु संस्थिताः

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi tatra siddheśvare sthitāḥ | sapta caiva sahasrāṇi mārkaṃḍeye tu saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

അവിടെ സിദ്ധേശ്വരത്തിൽ അറുപതിനായിരം പേർ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു; മാർകണ്ഡേയത്തിൽ ഏഴായിരം പേർ കൂടി സ്ഥാപിതരായിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• षष्टिः: sixty
• षष्टिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (as number) sixty

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (as counted noun) thousands

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सिद्धेश्वरे: at Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• स्थिताः: are situated
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agreeing with (implied) ऋषयः/मुनयः

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; here used with सहस्राणि (seven)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मार्कण्डेये: at Mārkaṇḍeya (tīrtha/place)
• मार्कण्डेये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक-निपात

• संस्थिताः: are stationed, are settled
• संस्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘are stationed’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara; Mārkaṇḍeya-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two shrine-zones: Siddheśvara with an intense yogic aura—siddhas hovering or seated in deep samādhi; Mārkaṇḍeya grove with a venerable sage teaching disciples near a liṅga and sacred trees.

Characters & Entities

• Siddheśvara
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tīrthas are famed as concentrated fields of spiritual attainment, indicated by the multitude of established beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara and Mārkaṇḍeya sites within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse serves as tīrtha-māhātmya through enumerative praise.