Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 144

Devanagari script

सिंधुः सहस्रदशके ग्रामाणां परिकीर्तितः

Transliteration

siṃdhuḥ sahasradaśake grāmāṇāṃ parikīrtitaḥ

Translation

Sindhu dimasyhurkan sebagai mempunyai sepuluh ribu desa.

Word by Word

• सिंधुः: Sindhu (region)
• सिंधुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (proper name)

• सहस्रदशके: in (terms of) ten-thousands
• सहस्रदशके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (सहस्राणां दशकः = ten-thousands; i.e., in the unit of ten-thousands)

• ग्रामाणाम्: of villages
• ग्रामाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive Plural

• परिकीर्तितः: is proclaimed/mentioned
• परिकीर्तितः: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) → परिकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sindhu (riverine sacred corridor)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad river labeled ‘Sindhu’ flowing through plains with ten thousand village markers along its banks; the narrator’s hand gestures to the river as the organizing spine of settlement.

Characters & Entities

• Sindhu
• grāma (villages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

By naming and counting regions, the text sacralizes the wider land as a field for dharma and pilgrimage, not only isolated shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is singled out; the Sindhu region is referenced as part of a sacred-geography list.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive.