Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 133
ओड्डियाणे तथा देशे नवलक्षाः प्रकीर्तिताः । जालंधरे तथा देशे नवलक्षाः प्रकीर्तिताः
oḍḍiyāṇe tathā deśe navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | jālaṃdhare tathā deśe navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
ในแดนโอดฺฑิยาณะ มีหมู่บ้านเก้าลักษะเป็นที่เลื่องลือ; และในแดนชาลันธระก็เลื่องลือว่ามีหมู่บ้านเก้าลักษะเช่นกัน
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Oḍḍiyāṇa; Jālaṃdhara (regional kṣetras)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A northwestern sacred map: snow-fed rivers and mountain passes leading to Oḍḍiyāṇa (mystic valley with siddhas), then plains to Jālaṃdhara with Śaiva temples and yogis; nine-lakṣa village dots shimmer like constellations.
FAQs
It frames the land itself as sacred and memorable—Purāṇic dharma often teaches that knowing and honoring holy regions is a form of reverence to the divine order.
Not a single tīrtha is named; rather, the verse praises the broad regions of Oḍḍiyāṇa and Jālaṃdhara as renowned lands.
None; this verse is descriptive, part of a geographic enumeration.