Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

एको लक्षश्च नेपाले ग्रामाणां परिकीर्तितः । षट्त्रींशल्लक्षमानं तु कान्यकुब्जे प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

eko lakṣaśca nepāle grāmāṇāṃ parikīrtitaḥ | ṣaṭtrīṃśallakṣamānaṃ tu kānyakubje prakīrtitam

Translation

Sa Nepāla, ipinahahayag na may isang lakṣa ng mga nayon. Sa Kānyakubja naman, sinasabi na tatlumpu’t anim na lakṣa ang bilang ng mga nayon.

Word by Word

• ekaḥ: one
• ekaḥ: Karta (numeral qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• lakṣaḥ: a lakh
• lakṣaḥ: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• nepāle: in Nepal
• nepāle: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nepāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• parikīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed/mentioned
• parikīrtitaḥ: Kriya (predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु) → parikīrtita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः विधेयवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• ṣaṭ-triṃśat-lakṣa-mānam: a measure of thirty-six lakhs
• ṣaṭ-triṃśat-lakṣa-mānam: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + triṃśat (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + māna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (nom./acc. sg.); तत्पुरुष-समास (षट्त्रींशत्-लक्षाणां मानम्)

• tu: but; however
• tu: Sambandha (discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• kānyakubje: in Kānyakubja (Kannauj)
• kānyakubje: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānyakubja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• prakīrtitam: is declared/recorded
• prakīrtitam: Kriya (predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु) → prakīrtita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः विधेयवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (nom./acc. sg.)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nepāla / Kānyakubja (regional frames)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two contrasting landscapes: Nepāla depicted with Himalayan ridges and river valleys; Kānyakubja depicted with broad Gangetic plains and a fortified city silhouette; overlaid with symbolic village clusters indicating the stated lakṣa counts.

Characters & Entities

• Nepāla
• Kānyakubja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa situates dharma within a vast, interconnected sacred landscape, linking many regions under a single civilizational memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha; Nepal and Kānyakubja are cited as regions in a geographic catalogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.