Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पाद्मं च पञ्चपञ्चाशत्सहस्राणि निगद्यते । तृतीयं वैष्णवंनाम त्रयोविंशतिसंख्यया

Transliteration

pādmaṃ ca pañcapañcāśatsahasrāṇi nigadyate | tṛtīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃnāma trayoviṃśatisaṃkhyayā

Translation

پادْم پُران کے بارے میں کہا گیا ہے کہ اس میں پچپن ہزار (شلوک) ہیں۔ تیسرا ‘وَیشنو’ نام سے موسوم ہے، جس کی تعداد تئیس ہزار ہے۔

Word by Word

• पाद्मम्: the Pādma Purāṇa
• पाद्मम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (name of Purāṇa)

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

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्सहस्राणि: fifty-five thousand (verses)
• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + pañcāśat + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास ("fifty-five thousands" = 55,000)

• निगद्यते: is declared
• निगद्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-gad (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (present passive: "is stated/declared")

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (ordinal: "third")

• वैष्णवम्: the Vaiṣṇava (Purāṇa)
• वैष्णवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (name of Purāṇa)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक निपात (quotative/label particle: "named")

• त्रयोविंशतिसंख्यया: by the count of twenty-three (thousand)
• त्रयोविंशतिसंख्यया: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayas + viṃśati + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; संख्या-तत्पुरुष ("with the number twenty-three"; instrumental of measure)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), addressing Śaunaka and the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣisattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two manuscripts are indicated: one associated with Padma (lotus emblem) and one with Viṣṇu (śaṅkha-cakra emblem), as the narrator states their verse counts and order.

Characters & Entities

• Pādma Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas are presented as an ordered sacred corpus; knowing their names and scope supports faithful study (svādhyāya) and transmission of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is praised in this verse; it is part of a Purāṇa-catalog within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides textual enumeration rather than ritual instruction.