Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

इदं भारतखंडं च नवधैव विभज्य सः । ददावष्टौ स्वपुत्राणां कुमार्यै नवमं तथा

Transliteration

idaṃ bhāratakhaṃḍaṃ ca navadhaiva vibhajya saḥ | dadāvaṣṭau svaputrāṇāṃ kumāryai navamaṃ tathā

Translation

ఆయన భారతఖండాన్ని తొమ్మిది భాగాలుగా విభజించి, ఎనిమిది భాగాలను తన కుమారులకు ఇచ్చెను; తొమ్మిదవ భాగాన్ని అలాగే కుమారికకు (కన్యకు) సమర్పించెను।

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhārata-khaṇḍam: the Bhārata region/segment
• bhārata-khaṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhāratasya khaṇḍam)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• navadhā: into nine parts/ways
• navadhā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: navadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in nine ways)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vibhajya: having divided
• vibhajya: Kriyā (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√bhaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having divided’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा) √dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (गणनावाचक), द्वितीया/प्रथमा (2nd/1st case), बहुवचन; संख्याशब्द

• sva-putrāṇām: of (his) own sons
• sva-putrāṇām: Sampradāna-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (svaḥ putrāḥ)

• kumāryai: to the maiden (Kumārī)
• kumāryai: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• navamam: the ninth (part)
• navamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• tathā: likewise/thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal-cosmic figure divides Bhārata into nine portions, presenting eight shares to sons and the ninth to a radiant maiden (Kumārī), with a map-like landscape of rivers and mountains behind.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāratakhaṇḍa
• Kumārī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-guided sovereignty includes orderly distribution and responsibility, portrayed through the division of Bhārata-khaṇḍa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named here; the verse transitions from tīrtha-māhātmya narrative to sacred-geographical/political ordering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about partitioning and gifting territory.