Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 147

Devanagari script

सहस्रदशकं चापि एकपादः प्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

sahasradaśakaṃ cāpi ekapādaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

Translation

Dan Ekapāda juga dimasyhurkan mempunyai sepuluh ribu desa.

Word by Word

• सहस्रदशकम्: ten thousand (as a unit)
• सहस्रदशकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-दशक (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सहस्र + दशक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्या/परिमाण — 'a set of ten thousands' (lit. thousand-decade)

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• एकपादः: Ekapāda (region/place)
• एकपादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-पाद (प्रातिपदिक; समास: एक + पाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)

• प्रकीर्तितः: is proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekapāda-deśa (regional frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (contextually continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single highlighted region labeled ‘Ekapāda’ on a scroll-map; a subtle icon of Ekapāda-Śiva (one-footed ascetic form) appears as a symbolic watermark over the land.

Characters & Entities

• Ekapāda
• grāma (villages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even brief regional mentions reinforce the Purāṇic idea that the world of places is interwoven with dharma and sacred memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No individual tīrtha is named; Ekapāda is listed as a region within a larger sacred-geography passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.