Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

आयुर्मनोर्युगानां च साधिका ह्येकसप्ततिः । चतुर्दशमनूनां च कालेन ब्रह्मणो दिनम्

Transliteration

āyurmanoryugānāṃ ca sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ | caturdaśamanūnāṃ ca kālena brahmaṇo dinam

Translation

मनूच्या युगांची आयु एकाहत्तर (थोडी अधिक सहित) अशी सांगितली आहे. आणि चौदा मनूंच्या कालमानाने ब्रह्म्याचा ‘दिवस’ मोजला जातो.

Word by Word

• आयुः: lifespan
• आयुः: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (lifespan)

• मनॊः: of Manu
• मनॊः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of Manu)

• युगानाम्: of yugas
• युगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural (of yugas)

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

• साधिका: plus/exceeding
• साधिका: Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicative adjective (exceeding/plus) agreeing with एकसप्ततिः (f.)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed/for)

• एकसप्ततिः: seventy-one
• एकसप्ततिः: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + सप्तति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dvigu numeral noun (seventy-one)

• चतुर्दशमनूनाम्: of the fourteen Manus
• चतुर्दशमनूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश + मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Dvigu compound used as noun (of the fourteen Manus)

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

• कालेन: by (that) time/measure
• कालेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by time/measure)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of Brahmā)

• दिनम्: day
• दिनम्: Karmaṇi-bhāva / Predicate
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate-noun (a day)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand cosmic court: Brahmā seated on lotus, a vast sun-arc indicating ‘day of Brahmā’; below, 14 Manu figures in a procession of epochs; a time-river flowing through them labeled ‘71 yugas (and a portion)’ per manvantara.

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Brahmā
• Manvantara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation and governance occur in vast manvantara cycles; human life gains meaning when aligned with eternal Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse defines manvantara and Brahmā’s day as cosmological structure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal metric used to contextualize Purāṇic narratives and the unfolding of Dharma.