Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

मोहोधं शमोहोरली गोविंदणं थलत्यजम् । चारणसिद्धं सोद्गीत्राभाज्यजं वटमालिका

Transliteration

mohodhaṃ śamohoralī goviṃdaṇaṃ thalatyajam | cāraṇasiddhaṃ sodgītrābhājyajaṃ vaṭamālikā

Translation

மோஹோதம், ஶமோஹோரலீ, கோவிந்தணம், தலத்யஜம்; சாரணஸித்தம், ஸோத்கீத்ராபாஜ்யஜம், வடமாலிகா—இவையும் புனிதத் தலநாமங்கள்.

Word by Word

• मोहोधम्: Mohodha (proper name)
• मोहोधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अस्पष्ट-नाम)

• शमोहोरली: Śamohoralī (proper name)
• शमोहोरली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-तुल्य) + मोहोरली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाम; पूर्वपद-अस्पष्ट)

• गोविंदणम्: Govindaṇa (proper name)
• गोविंदणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्दण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (गोविन्द-सम्बद्ध नाम)

• थलत्यजम्: Thalatyaja (proper name; ‘place-leaver’)
• थलत्यजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: थल (प्रातिपदिक) + त्यज (धातु √त्यज्) + अ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त: त्यज्-धातोः ‘-अ’ (agentive/derivative) ; तत्पुरुष (one who leaves ‘thala’/place)

• चारणसिद्धम्: Cāraṇasiddha (proper name)
• चारणसिद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारण (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (siddha of/among cāraṇas)

• सोद्गीत्राभाज्यजम्: Sodgītrābhājyaja (proper name)
• सोद्गीत्राभाज्यजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-तुल्य) + उद्गीत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आभाज्यज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (internal segmentation uncertain due to orthography)

• वटमालिका: Vaṭamālikā (proper name)
• वटमालिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वट (प्रातिपदिक) + मालिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (garland/row of banyans)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mohodha, Śamohoralī, Goviṃdaṇa, Thalatyaja, Cāraṇasiddha, Sodgītrābhājyaja, Vaṭamālikā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense banyan grove with garlands (vaṭa-mālikā), a small siddha-cave or hermitage, and pilgrims offering water at roots; subtle ethereal siddhas in the canopy.

Characters & Entities

• Mohodha
• Śamohoralī
• Goviṃdaṇa
• Thalatyaja
• Cāraṇasiddha
• Sodgītrābhājyaja
• Vaṭamālikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Mahātmya tradition sacralizes everyday geography, turning named settlements into a remembered field of merit (puṇya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya region, whose sanctity is conveyed by enumerating its recognized sacred settlements.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse.