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

मालवे लक्षमष्टादशसाहस्रं नवती द्वे च कीर्तितम्। सयंभरदेशे च लक्षः प्रोक्तः सपादकः॥

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.