Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

लक्षाष्टादशसाहस्रं नवती द्वे च मालवे । सयंभरे तथा देशे लक्षः प्रोक्तः सपादकः

Transliteration

lakṣāṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ navatī dve ca mālave | sayaṃbhare tathā deśe lakṣaḥ proktaḥ sapādakaḥ

Translation

Di Mālava, dinyatakan jumlahnya seratus lapan belas ribu sembilan puluh dua. Demikian juga di negeri Sayaṃbhara, disebutkan seratus ribu dan suku satu perempat.

Word by Word

• लक्षाष्टादशसाहस्रम्: one lakh eighteen thousand
• लक्षाष्टादशसाहस्रम्: Karma/Pradhana-visheshya (Object/quantified total)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (लक्ष + अष्टादश-साहस्र = 1,18,000)

• नवति: ninety
• नवति: Karma/Additional number
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः)

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma/Additional number
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मालवे: in Mālava
• मालवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सयंभरे: in Sayaṃbhara
• सयंभरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सयंभर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Upapada (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• देशे: in the region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लक्षः: a lakh (count)
• लक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: is said
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सपादकः: with a quarter more
• सपादकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + पादक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (स-पादक)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mālava; Sayaṃbhara (regional listing)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand map-panel highlighting Mālava with a prominent central shrine motif (hinting at Avanti/Ujjayinī) and Sayaṃbhara as a paired region; the number 118,092 is inscribed like a royal record; pilgrims move along roads between regions.

Characters & Entities

• Mālava
• Sayaṃbhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred landscape is remembered in detail; such remembrance is a Purāṇic mode of honoring dharma embedded in place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader regions Mālava and Sayaṃbhara are named; no specific tīrtha is singled out.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.