Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 46
सार्द्धंहस्तत्रयेणैव प्रमाणं धनुषो विदुः । चतुर्भिर्हस्तकैः संख्या दण्ड इत्यभिधीयते
sārddhaṃhastatrayeṇaiva pramāṇaṃ dhanuṣo viduḥ | caturbhirhastakaiḥ saṃkhyā daṇḍa ityabhidhīyate
ജ്ഞാനികൾ ‘ധനുസ്’ എന്ന അളവ് സാർദ്ധമൂന്ന് ഹസ്തമെന്ന് അറിയുന്നു; നാല് ഹസ്തങ്ങളുടെ അളവിനെ ‘ദണ്ഡ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു.
Narrative voice (contextual exposition within the Māhātmya)
Scene: A learned guide on the riverbank demonstrates measurement: a staff (daṇḍa) and a bow-length (dhanuṣ) are shown to pilgrims, aligning sacred text with physical space.
FAQs
It preserves traditional standards for describing sacred space, showing that tīrtha-māhātmya is also mapped with careful, dharmic precision.
The broader Ayodhyā sacred landscape; this verse supplies measurement conventions used to describe tīrthas like Sahasradhārā.
None; the verse defines measurement units (dhanuṣ and daṇḍa) for describing distances and dimensions.