Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

वाठसुहाली तथा चैव माणजा सानदीयास्तथा । आनन्दीया पाटडीअ टीकोलीया ततः परम्

Transliteration

vāṭhasuhālī tathā caiva māṇajā sānadīyāstathā | ānandīyā pāṭaḍīa ṭīkolīyā tataḥ param

Translation

Vāṭhasuhālī juga; Māṇajā serta Sānadīyā; kemudian Ānandīyā, Pāṭaḍīa, dan selepas itu Ṭīkolīyā.

Word by Word

• वाठसुहाली: Vāṭhasuhālī (a name)
• वाठसुहाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाठसुहाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (adverb/conj.: ‘thus/also’)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• माणजाः: Māṇajā (a group/name)
• माणजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माणजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; नाम/समूह-नाम

• सानदीयाः: Sānadīyas (people of Sānadī)
• सानदीयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; देशीय-सम्बन्धी विशेष-नाम (demonym)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनुक्रमबोधक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• आनन्दीया: Ānandīyas (a group/name)
• आनन्दीया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्दीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन/एकवचन (पाठभेदसम्भव); नाम/जनसमूह-नाम

• पाटडीअ: Pāṭaḍīa (a name)
• पाटडीअ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाटडीअ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (देशीय-रूप), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• टीकोलीया: Ṭīkolīyas (a group/name)
• टीकोलीया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: टीकोलीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन/एकवचन (पाठानुसार); नाम/जनसमूह-नाम

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana/Avyaya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमसूचक-क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereafter)

• परम्: next
• परम्: Adhikarana/Avyaya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (next/further)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka route-nodes (Vāṭhasuhālī–Ṭīkolīyā sequence)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe-priest reading a route-scroll to pilgrims at a roadside shrine; behind them, a stylized map with six marked stops corresponding to the verse.

Characters & Entities

• Vāṭhasuhālī
• Māṇajā
• Sānadīyā
• Ānandīyā
• Pāṭaḍīa
• Ṭīkolīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage memory (smaraṇa) preserves dharma by preserving the names and sequence of sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Several Dharmāraṇya locales are enumerated: Vāṭhasuhālī, Māṇajā, Sānadīyā, Ānandīyā, Pāṭaḍīa, Ṭīkolīyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.