Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 133
ओड्डियाणे तथा देशे नवलक्षाः प्रकीर्तिताः । जालंधरे तथा देशे नवलक्षाः प्रकीर्तिताः
oḍḍiyāṇe tathā deśe navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | jālaṃdhare tathā deśe navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Di negeri Oḍḍiyāṇa, sembilan lakṣa penempatan masyhur disebut. Dan di negeri Jālaṃdhara juga, sembilan lakṣa turut dipuji dan dinyatakan.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Oḍḍiyāṇa; Jālaṃdhara (regional kṣetras)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A northwestern sacred map: snow-fed rivers and mountain passes leading to Oḍḍiyāṇa (mystic valley with siddhas), then plains to Jālaṃdhara with Śaiva temples and yogis; nine-lakṣa village dots shimmer like constellations.
FAQs
It frames the land itself as sacred and memorable—Purāṇic dharma often teaches that knowing and honoring holy regions is a form of reverence to the divine order.
Not a single tīrtha is named; rather, the verse praises the broad regions of Oḍḍiyāṇa and Jālaṃdhara as renowned lands.
None; this verse is descriptive, part of a geographic enumeration.