Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सौराष्ट्राः कैकयाः शाल्वाः कलिंगशकमद्रकाः । पांचालावंतिसौवीरा मागधा मत्स्यसृंजयाः

Transliteration

saurāṣṭrāḥ kaikayāḥ śālvāḥ kaliṃgaśakamadrakāḥ | pāṃcālāvaṃtisauvīrā māgadhā matsyasṛṃjayāḥ

Translation

ชาวเสาราษฏระ ไกกยะ และศาลวะ; ชาวกลิงคะ ศกะ และมทรกะ; ชาวปัญจาล อวันตี และเสาวีระ; ชาวมาคธะ มัตสยะ และศฤญชัย—

Word by Word

• सौराष्ट्राः: the Saurāṣṭras
• सौराष्ट्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (जनपदवाचक)

• कैकयाः: the Kaikayas
• कैकयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैकय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (जनपदवाचक)

• शाल्वाः: the Śālvas
• शाल्वाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (जनपदवाचक)

• कलिङ्गशक-मद्रकाः: the Kaliṅgas, Śakas, and Madrakas
• कलिङ्गशक-मद्रकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + शक (प्रातिपदिक) + मद्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (कलिङ्गाः च शकाः च मद्रकाः च)

• पाञ्चालाः: the Pāñcālas
• पाञ्चालाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (जनपदवाचक)

• अवन्ति-सौवीराः: the Avantis and Sauvīras
• अवन्ति-सौवीराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवन्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + सौवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (अवन्तयः च सौवीराः च)

• मागधाः: the Māgadhas
• मागधाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (जनपदवाचक)

• मत्स्य-सृंजयाः: the Matsyas and Sṛñjayas
• मत्स्य-सृंजयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सृंजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (मत्स्याः च सृंजयाः च)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘map-as-procession’ depiction: delegations from many regions arrive with distinct banners, attire, and emblems—coastal Kalinga standards, Avanti insignia, Magadha elephants—forming a vast coalition.

Characters & Entities

• Saurāṣṭra
• Kaikaya
• Śālva
• Kaliṅga
• Śaka
• Madraka
• Pāñcāla
• Avantī
• Sauvīra
• Māgadha
• Matsya
• Sṛñjaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames dharma in a pan-regional world: many lands converge, yet only devotion and righteousness resolve what power cannot.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avantī/Ujjayinī (Ujjain) is implicitly central, as these forces gather in that sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a geographic and political catalog supporting the Ujjayinī-Mahākāla narrative.