Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

थलग्रामश्च सोहं च हाथंजं कपडवाणकम् । व्रजन्होरी च वनोडी च फीणां वगोलं दृणस्तथा

Transliteration

thalagrāmaśca sohaṃ ca hāthaṃjaṃ kapaḍavāṇakam | vrajanhorī ca vanoḍī ca phīṇāṃ vagolaṃ dṛṇastathā

Translation

ถลคราม และโสหัง; หาถัญชัง และกปฑวาณกะ; วรชันโหรี และวโนฑี; ฟีณัง วโกลัง และทฤณะด้วย

Word by Word

• थलग्रामः: Thalagrāma (place-name)
• थलग्रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: थलग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• सोहम्: Sohaṃ (place-name)
• सोहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोहम् (अव्ययवत्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यक्त-स्थाननाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• हाथंजम्: Hāthaṃjaṃ (place-name)
• हाथंजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाथंज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कपडवाणकम्: Kapaḍavāṇaka (place-name)
• कपडवाणकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपडवाणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रजन्होरी: Vrajanhorī (place-name)
• व्रजन्होरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रजन्होरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• वनोडी: Vanoḍī (place-name)
• वनोडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनोडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• फीणाम्: of Phīṇā (people/places); Phīṇā’s
• फीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फीणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वगोलम्: Vagolaṃ (place-name)
• वगोलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वगोल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृणः: Dṛṇa (place-name)
• दृणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (conjunctive/sequence marker)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Thalagrāma / Sohaṃ / Hāthaṃjaṃ / Kapaḍavāṇaka / Vrajanhorī / Vanoḍī / Phīṇāṃ / Vagolaṃ / Dṛṇa (as listed)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rosary-like chain of nine stations; pilgrims pause at each: a small shrine, a pond, a sacred tree, a stone footprint; one station name repeats, shown as two distinct hamlets to indicate tradition layers.

Characters & Entities

• Thalagrāma
• Sohaṃ
• Hāthaṃjaṃ
• Kapaḍavāṇaka
• Vrajanhorī
• Vanoḍī
• Phīṇāṃ
• Vagolaṃ
• Dṛṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames devotion through a lived map—many small locales together form a single sacred field.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues the Dharmāraṇya itinerary by listing multiple sites rather than describing one.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna is stated here.