Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

सपादकोटिर्ग्रामाणां पुरसाहणके विदुः । लक्षाश्चत्वार एवापि ग्रामाणामंधके स्मृताः

Transliteration

sapādakoṭirgrāmāṇāṃ purasāhaṇake viduḥ | lakṣāścatvāra evāpi grāmāṇāmaṃdhake smṛtāḥ

Translation

پورساہنک میں گاؤں کی سوا کروڑ (کوٹی) تعداد جانی جاتی ہے؛ اور اَندھک میں گاؤں کی چار لاکھ تعداد یاد کی جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• sa-pāda-koṭiḥ: one and a quarter crore
• sa-pāda-koṭiḥ: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पादेन सह कोटिः = सवा कोटिः)

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• purasāhaṇake: in Purasāhaṇaka (region)
• purasāhaṇake: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purasāhaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• viduḥ: they know; it is known
• viduḥ: Kriya (action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• lakṣāḥ: lakhs (hundred-thousands)
• lakṣāḥ: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nom. pl.)

• catvāraḥ: four
• catvāraḥ: Karta (numeral qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nom. pl.)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (also/even)

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• aṃdhake: in Andhaka (region)
• aṃdhake: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃdhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/recorded
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) → smṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः विधेयवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nom. pl.)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Purasāhaṇaka / Aṃdhaka (regions)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scribe-like narrator recites from a manuscript while tally marks appear beside region names Purasāhaṇaka and Aṃdhaka; the visual emphasizes ‘sapāda-koṭi’ and ‘catur-lakṣa’ through counting beads or notches.

Characters & Entities

• Purasāhaṇaka (region)
• Aṃdhaka (region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembered tradition (smṛti) is presented as a legitimate means of preserving the sacred world-map and its cultural memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse continues a regional listing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.