Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

त्रिशतं द्विजनारीणां राजस्त्रीणां चतुःशतम् । षट्शतं वैश्यनारीणां सहस्रं शूद्रयोषिताम्

Transliteration

triśataṃ dvijanārīṇāṃ rājastrīṇāṃ catuḥśatam | ṣaṭśataṃ vaiśyanārīṇāṃ sahasraṃ śūdrayoṣitām

Translation

สตรีของทวิชะสามร้อย สตรีชั้นกษัตริย์สี่ร้อย สตรีไวศยะหกร้อย และสตรีศูทรหนึ่งพัน—นี่คือจำนวนที่ข้าพเจ้าล่วงละเมิดในความคลุ้มคลั่งแห่งกาม

Word by Word

• त्रिशतम्: three hundred
• त्रिशतम्: Karma (Count/measure object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास (numeral compound); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• द्विजनारीणाम्: of Brahmin women
• द्विजनारीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (of twice-born women); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• राजस्त्रीणाम्: of Kṣatriya/royal women
• राजस्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्/राज (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (royal women); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• चतुःशतम्: four hundred
• चतुःशतम्: Karma (Count/measure object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• षट्शतम्: six hundred
• षट्शतम्: Karma (Count/measure object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वैश्यनारीणाम्: of Vaiśya women
• वैश्यनारीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma (Count/measure object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शूद्रयोषिताम्: of Śūdra women
• शूद्रयोषिताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unknown (a male narrator confessing misdeeds; not identifiable from snippet alone)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark, ledger-like confession: the king enumerates hundreds and thousands; imagery can be symbolic—scrolls with numbers, dark storm clouds of karma gathering over the throne.

Characters & Entities

• dvija
• rāja
• vaiśya
• śūdra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Enumerating wrongdoing underscores the gravity of adharma and foreshadows that karmic consequences are proportionate and unavoidable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is given in this verse.