Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

पंचपंचाशद्ग्रामाणां नामान्येवं यथाक्रमम् । सीतापुरं श्रीक्षेत्रं च मुशली मुद्गली तथा

Transliteration

paṃcapaṃcāśadgrāmāṇāṃ nāmānyevaṃ yathākramam | sītāpuraṃ śrīkṣetraṃ ca muśalī mudgalī tathā

Translation

अशा रीतीने क्रमाने पंचावन्न गावांची नावे सांगितली जातात—सीतापूर, श्रीक्षेत्र, तसेच मुशली व मुद्गली।

Word by Word

• paṃca-paṃcāśat-grāmāṇām: of fifty-five villages
• paṃca-paṃcāśat-grāmāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃca (प्रातिपदिक) + paṃcāśat (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (55 villages)

• nāmāni: names
• nāmāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• yathā-kramam: in order/according to sequence
• yathā-kramam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (in due order)

• sītāpuram: Sītāpura
• sītāpuram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Sītā's town)

• śrīkṣetram: Śrīkṣetra
• śrīkṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (holy/Śrī-field)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• muśalī: Muśalī
• muśalī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśalī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ग्रामनाम

• mudgalī: Mudgalī
• mudgalī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudgalī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रthama), एकवचन; ग्रामनाम

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya grāma-cakra (55 villages)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stylized sacred map-scroll showing a chain of 55 villages; the first four are highlighted with small shrines and boundary trees, suggesting a route through Dharmāraṇya.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Sītāpura
• Śrīkṣetra
• Muśalī
• Mudgalī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is preserved through careful naming and remembrance of holy settlements connected to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya as a tīrtha-region, mapped through its constituent villages such as Sītāpura and Śrīkṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse provides a sequential catalogue useful for pilgrimage remembrance.