Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

इदं भारतखंडं च नवधैव विभज्य सः । ददावष्टौ स्वपुत्राणां कुमार्यै नवमं तथा

Transliteration

idaṃ bhāratakhaṃḍaṃ ca navadhaiva vibhajya saḥ | dadāvaṣṭau svaputrāṇāṃ kumāryai navamaṃ tathā

Translation

اس نے بھارت کھنڈ کو نو حصّوں میں تقسیم کیا؛ آٹھ حصّے اپنے بیٹوں کو عطا کیے، اور نواں حصّہ اسی طرح اُس کنیا کو سونپ دیا۔

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhārata-khaṇḍam: the Bhārata region/segment
• bhārata-khaṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhāratasya khaṇḍam)

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

• navadhā: into nine parts/ways
• navadhā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: navadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in nine ways)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vibhajya: having divided
• vibhajya: Kriyā (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√bhaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having divided’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा) √dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (गणनावाचक), द्वितीया/प्रथमा (2nd/1st case), बहुवचन; संख्याशब्द

• sva-putrāṇām: of (his) own sons
• sva-putrāṇām: Sampradāna-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (svaḥ putrāḥ)

• kumāryai: to the maiden (Kumārī)
• kumāryai: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• navamam: the ninth (part)
• navamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• tathā: likewise/thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal-cosmic figure divides Bhārata into nine portions, presenting eight shares to sons and the ninth to a radiant maiden (Kumārī), with a map-like landscape of rivers and mountains behind.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāratakhaṇḍa
• Kumārī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-guided sovereignty includes orderly distribution and responsibility, portrayed through the division of Bhārata-khaṇḍa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named here; the verse transitions from tīrtha-māhātmya narrative to sacred-geographical/political ordering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about partitioning and gifting territory.