Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

तेषां विभेदान्वक्ष्यामि पर्वतैरुपशोभितान् । पुत्रनामानि वर्षाणि पर्वतांश्च श्रृणुष्व मे

Transliteration

teṣāṃ vibhedānvakṣyāmi parvatairupaśobhitān | putranāmāni varṣāṇi parvatāṃśca śrṛṇuṣva me

Translation

میں اُن کی تقسیمات بیان کروں گا جو پہاڑوں سے آراستہ ہیں؛ میری بات سنو کہ میں بیٹوں کے نام، ورش (علاقے) اور پہاڑوں کا ذکر کرتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sampradāna-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• vibhedān: divisions/differences
• vibhedān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• vakṣyāmi: I shall tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्) √vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• parvataiḥ: by/with mountains
• parvataiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• upaśobhitān: adorned
• upaśobhitān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-√śubh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; ‘adorned’

• putra-nāmāni: the sons’ names
• putra-nāmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (putrāṇāṃ nāmāni)

• varṣāṇi: regions/years (varṣas)
• varṣāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन

• parvatān: mountains
• parvatān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

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

• śr̥ṇuṣva: listen
• śr̥ṇuṣva: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु) √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• me: to me / of me
• me: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th case), एकवचन; enclitic

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator gestures toward a panoramic landscape of ridges and peaks while a warrior-listener sits respectfully; floating name-banners label sons, varṣas, and mountains.

Characters & Entities

• Varṣas (regions)
• Parvatas (mountains)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic geography is presented as sacred order—lands and mountains become a dharmic map for remembering tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse introduces a catalog of regions and mountains.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an announcement of an upcoming description (śravaṇa/listening as a devotional act).