Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

षट्त्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि स्मृतौ चटविराटकौ । षट्त्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि यमकोटिः प्रकीर्तिता

Transliteration

ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi smṛtau caṭavirāṭakau | ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi yamakoṭiḥ prakīrtitā

Translation

Ang Caṭa at Virāṭaka ay inaalala bilang (mga lupain na may) tatlumpu’t anim na libong (nayon). Ang Yamakoṭi ay ipinahahayag din na tatlumpu’t anim na libo.

Word by Word

• ṣaṭtriṃśat: thirty-six
• ṣaṭtriṃśat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭtriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (thirty-six)

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

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Visheshya (Quantified item/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• smṛtau: are stated/remembered
• smṛtau: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘स्मृत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (are said)

• caṭavirāṭakau: Caṭa and Virāṭaka (two names)
• caṭavirāṭakau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + virāṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (caṭaś ca virāṭakaś ca)

• ṣaṭtriṃśat: thirty-six
• ṣaṭtriṃśat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭtriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (thirty-six)

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

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Visheshya (Quantified item/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• yamakoṭiḥ: Yamakoṭi (name)
• yamakoṭiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (yamasya koṭiḥ / yama-koṭiḥ)

• prakīrtitā: is proclaimed/declared
• prakīrtitā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+kīrt (धातु) + tā (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘प्रकीर्तित’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is proclaimed)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṭa/Virāṭaka/Yamakoṭi (deśa-names)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequential scroll-like depiction: three cartouches labeled Caṭa, Virāṭaka, Yamakoṭi, each with ‘36,000’ inscribed; the narrator’s hand gestures across them like a teacher of geography.

Characters & Entities

• Caṭa
• Virāṭaka
• Yamakoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse preserves a traditional sacred-geographic memory, treating regions as worthy of remembrance within dhārmic history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the passage lists regional names and counts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.