Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135
ग्रामाणां सप्तलक्षं च रटराजे प्रकीर्तितम् । हरीआले च ग्रामाणां लक्षपंचकसंमितम्
grāmāṇāṃ saptalakṣaṃ ca raṭarāje prakīrtitam | harīāle ca grāmāṇāṃ lakṣapaṃcakasaṃmitam
रटराजात ग्रामांची संख्या सात लक्ष अशी प्रसिद्ध आहे; आणि हरिआलमध्ये ग्राम पाच लक्ष इतके मानले आहेत।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha: Raṭarāja; Harīāla (regional deśa listing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stylized pilgrimage map: two labeled regions—Raṭarāja and Harīāla—shown as mandala-like territories filled with countless tiny village icons, shrines, and processional roads; a sage recites figures to a royal listener.
FAQs
It reinforces the Purāṇic vision of a divinely ordered landscape where regions are remembered and honored as part of dharma.
The verse praises the regions Raṭarāja and Harīāla generally, not a particular tīrtha.
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