Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
Devanagari script
तथा शतसहस्राणि ह्ययुतप्रयुतानि च । अर्बुदानि च रत्नानि तथा शङ्खमितानि च
Transliteration
tathā śatasahasrāṇi hyayutaprayutāni ca | arbudāni ca ratnāni tathā śaṅkhamitāni ca
Translation
ฉันนั้นแล มีทั้งแสนทั้งพันหมื่น และนับถึงล้านเป็นอเนกอนันต์กองแล้วกองเล่า; อีกทั้งรัตนะก็เหลือล้นนับมิได้ ถึงกับกล่าววัดเป็นหน่วย ‘ศังคะ’ ได้ด้วย
Word by Word
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (adverb/conjunctive: 'thus/likewise')
शतसहस्राणिhundreds and thousands
शतसहस्राणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशत + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)
अयुतप्रयुतानिten-thousands and millions
अयुतप्रयुतानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअयुत + प्रयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction 'and')
अर्बुदानिarbuda (a very large number)
अर्बुदानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
रत्नानिgems/jewels
रत्नानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (adverb)
शङ्खमितानिmeasured by conch-shells (i.e., in conch-measures)
शङ्खमितानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशङ्ख + मित (प्रातिपदिक; मित = √मा (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle used adjectivally)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-level deduction within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa
Characters & Entities
R
Ratna (jewels)N
Nāga (contextual)Ś
Śiva (contextual)FAQs
Śiva’s glory is portrayed as beyond ordinary measure—devotion turns the mind from limited counting to the limitless sacred.
Kedāra, as the broader Kedārakhaṇḍa frames these descriptions within the sanctity of the region and its Lord.
None explicitly; the verse magnifies divine abundance rather than prescribing a practice.