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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

सहस्रदशकं चैव संजायुरिति देशकः । शिवनामा तथा देशः सहस्रदशकः स्मृतः । सहस्राणि दश ख्यातं तथा कालहयंजयः

Transliteration

sahasradaśakaṃ caiva saṃjāyuriti deśakaḥ | śivanāmā tathā deśaḥ sahasradaśakaḥ smṛtaḥ | sahasrāṇi daśa khyātaṃ tathā kālahayaṃjayaḥ

Translation

Область, именуемая Saṃjāyu, также считается (землёй) десяти тысяч (деревень). Земля по имени Śivanāmā тоже помнится как десять тысяч. И Kālahayaṃjaya также славится как десять тысяч (деревень).

Word by Word
सहस्रदशकम्ten thousand (as a unit)
सहस्रदशकम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र-दशक (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सहस्र + दशक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्या/परिमाण
चand
च:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (particle: indeed)
संजायुःSaṃjāyu (name)
संजायुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंजायु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)
इतिthus/so called
इति:
Sambandha/Quotation marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
देशकःthe region (so named)
देशकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेशक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'a region' (here: region-name/appellation)
शिवनामाnamed Śiva
शिवनामा:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: शिव + नामन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — 'having the name Śiva'
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)
देशःcountry/region
देशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सहस्रदशकःten-thousand
सहस्रदशकः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-दशक (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सहस्र + दशक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — 'ten-thousand (in extent/number)'
स्मृतःis known/considered
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्या — 'thousands'
दशten
दश:
Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द (indeclinable-like numeral); here used appositionally with सहस्राणि — 'ten'
ख्यातम्is known as
ख्यातम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय — 'is famed/known'
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)
कालहयंजयःKālahayaṃjaya (name)
कालहयंजयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल-हयंजय (प्रातिपदिक; समास: काल + हयंजय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃjāyu-deśa; Śivanāmā-deśa; Kālahayaṃjaya-deśa (regional frames)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (contextually continuing from the addressed sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three regions appear as mantra-like seals on a map: Saṃjāyu, Śivanāmā, Kālahayaṃjaya. Over Śivanāmā rises a luminous liṅga; over Kālahayaṃjaya, a subdued Kāla figure (dark, skeletal) is shown being overcome by Śiva’s radiance; pilgrims chant as they walk.

Characters & Entities
S
Saṃjāyu
Ś
Śivanāmā
K
Kālahayaṃjaya
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

Places bearing Śiva’s name or fame are treated as spiritually significant; even cataloging them is part of preserving sacred memory.

No distinct tīrtha is specified; the verse lists regions (deśas), including one explicitly ‘Śiva-named’ (Śivanāmā).

None.

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