Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

सार्धलक्षत्रयं प्रोक्तं द्रडस्य विषये तथा । सार्धलक्षत्रयं प्रोक्तं तथावंभणवाहके

Transliteration

sārdhalakṣatrayaṃ proktaṃ draḍasya viṣaye tathā | sārdhalakṣatrayaṃ proktaṃ tathāvaṃbhaṇavāhake

Translation

ద్రడ ప్రాంతంలో సార్ధ మూడు లక్షలు అని చెప్పబడినవి; అవంభణవాహకంలో కూడా సార్ధ మూడు లక్షలని చెప్పబడినవి।

Word by Word

• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: three and a half lakhs
• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: Karma/Pradhana-visheshya (Object/quantified total)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्ध (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सार्धं लक्षं + त्रयम् = three and a half lakhs)

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• द्रडस्य: of Draḍa
• द्रडस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• विषये: in the district/region
• विषये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Upapada (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'likewise/so')

• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: three and a half lakhs
• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: Karma/Pradhana-visheshya (Object/quantified total)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्ध + लक्ष + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• प्रोक्तम्: is said
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Upapada (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अवंभणवाहके: in Avaṃbhaṇavāhaka (region)
• अवंभणवाहके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवंभणवाहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्थाननाम)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Draḍa-viṣaya; Avaṃbhaṇavāhaka (regional listing)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two adjacent territories on a scroll-map, each marked ‘3½ lakhs’ with repeating village motifs; a narrator’s hand gestures in rhythmic counting.

Characters & Entities

• Draḍa
• Avaṃbhaṇavāhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and reciting sacred regional names is treated as a form of praise, situating dharma within the lived geography of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha; the verse lists territories (viṣayas).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.