Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

सप्त सप्तसु द्वीपेषु तेन पुत्राः प्रतिष्ठिताः । जंबूद्वीपाधिपो ज्येष्ठ आग्नीध्र इति विश्रुतः

Transliteration

sapta saptasu dvīpeṣu tena putrāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | jaṃbūdvīpādhipo jyeṣṭha āgnīdhra iti viśrutaḥ

Translation

اُس نے اپنے بیٹوں کو ساتوں دْویپوں میں حکمران بنا کر قائم کیا۔ سب سے بڑا بیٹا آگنی دھر کے نام سے مشہور ہوا اور جمبودْویپ کا ادھیپتی بنا۔

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (विशेषण/quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective), बहुवचनार्थे (used with plural)

• सप्तसु: in the seven
• सप्तसु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location; with द्वीपेषु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; संख्याशब्दः (numeral used substantively)

• द्वीपेषु: in the islands/continents
• द्वीपेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (करण/agent-instrument; ‘by him’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रतिष्ठिताः: were established
• प्रतिष्ठिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘established/installed’

• जंबूद्वीपाधिपः: lord of Jambūdvīpa
• जंबूद्वीपाधिपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंबूद्वीप-अधिप (प्रातिपदिक; जंबूद्वीप + अधिप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ज्येष्ठः: eldest
• ज्येष्ठः: Visheshana (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) अधिपस्य

• आग्नीध्रः: Āgnīdhra
• आग्नीध्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आग्नीध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इति: thus/so-called
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निरूपण-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• विश्रुतः: is renowned
• विश्रुतः: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘well-known’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jambūdvīpa (cosmic region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmographic tableau: seven concentric dvīpas with oceans between; Priyavrata’s sons placed as rulers; Jambūdvīpa highlighted with Āgnīdhra enthroned at its center.

Characters & Entities

• Jambūdvīpa
• Āgnīdhra
• Seven Dvīpas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

World-order is upheld through dharmic governance; cosmic geography and righteous rule are interlinked in Purāṇic vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jambūdvīpa as a sacred cosmic continent is referenced; no single localized tīrtha is singled out.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the installation of rulers across the dvīpas.