Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

द्वासप्ततिस्तथा लक्षा ग्रामा गाजणके स्मृताः । अष्टादश तथा लक्षा ग्रामाणां गौडदेशके

Transliteration

dvāsaptatistathā lakṣā grāmā gājaṇake smṛtāḥ | aṣṭādaśa tathā lakṣā grāmāṇāṃ gauḍadeśake

Translation

Sa Gājaṇaka, inaalala na may pitumpu’t dalawang lakṣa ng mga nayon. Sa lupain ng Gauḍa, binabanggit din ang labingwalong lakṣa ng mga nayon.

Word by Word

• dvā-saptatiḥ: seventy-two
• dvā-saptatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + saptati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (संख्यापूर्वकः)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक (also/likewise)

• lakṣāḥ: lakhs (hundred-thousands)
• lakṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• grāmāḥ: villages
• grāmāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• gājaṇake: in Gājaṇaka (region)
• gājaṇake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gājaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; देश/प्रदेशवाचक

• smṛtāḥ: are stated/are remembered
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘are said/are remembered’

• aṣṭādaśa: eighteen
• aṣṭādaśa: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन-प्रायः (संख्यावाचक)

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक

• lakṣāḥ: lakhs
• lakṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• gauḍa-deśake: in the Gauḍa country
• gauḍa-deśake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gauḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + deśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gauḍasya deśaḥ)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator recites a sacred map: stylized India as a mandala with Gauḍa highlighted, surrounded by innumerable tiny village icons, rivers, and temple spires; palm-leaf manuscript and counting beads suggest enumeration.

Characters & Entities

• Gājaṇaka (region)
• Gauḍadeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Traditional enumeration reinforces the Purāṇic vision of Bhārata and adjoining lands as a sacredly ordered whole.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; these are regional references within a broader listing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.