Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

औशनसाश्च दाशार्हास्त्रयस्त्रय उदाहृताः । लोकाख्यानां तथा षष्टिरैणिशानां द्विसप्ततिः

Transliteration

auśanasāśca dāśārhāstrayastraya udāhṛtāḥ | lokākhyānāṃ tathā ṣaṣṭiraiṇiśānāṃ dvisaptatiḥ

Translation

พวกเอาษนะและพวกทาศารหะ กล่าวไว้ฝ่ายละสาม. พวกโลกาขยะมีหกสิบ และพวกไอณิศะมีเจ็ดสิบสอง

Word by Word

• औशनसाः: the Auśanasas
• औशनसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औशनस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दाशार्हाः: the Dāśārhas
• दाशार्हाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Visheshya (Predicate count/संख्या-वाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्या

• त्रयः: three (again)
• त्रयः: Visheshya (Predicate count/संख्या-वाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्या (पुनरुक्ति—‘three and three’)

• उदाहृताः: are stated
• उदाहृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि—‘are stated’

• लोकाख्यानाम्: of the Lokākhyas
• लोकाख्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (लोकानां आख्याः = लोकाख्याः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• षष्टिः: sixty
• षष्टिः: Visheshya (Predicate count/संख्या-वाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्दः), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संख्या

• ऐणिशानाम्: of the Aiṇiśas
• ऐणिशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐणिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• द्विसप्ततिः: seventy-two
• द्विसप्ततिः: Visheshya (Predicate count/संख्या-वाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्दः), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्वे अधिके सप्ततिः = 72)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Characters & Entities

• Auśanasa
• Dāśārha
• Lokākhya
• Aiṇiśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only about visiting a place, but also sustaining its dharmic ecosystem—teachers, families, and ritual communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the site is celebrated through its many resident lineages, though unnamed here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied satkāra (honoring) of these groups, typically through hospitality and offerings.