Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130
Devanagari script
द्वासप्ततिस्तथा लक्षा ग्रामा गाजणके स्मृताः । अष्टादश तथा लक्षा ग्रामाणां गौडदेशके
Transliteration
dvāsaptatistathā lakṣā grāmā gājaṇake smṛtāḥ | aṣṭādaśa tathā lakṣā grāmāṇāṃ gauḍadeśake
Translation
گاجنک میں بستیوں کے بہتر لاکھ یاد کیے گئے ہیں؛ اور گاؤڑ دیش میں بھی بستیوں کے اٹھارہ لاکھ بیان کیے گئے ہیں۔
Word by Word
dvā-saptatiḥseventy-two
dvā-saptatiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक) + saptati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (संख्यापूर्वकः)
tathāalso/likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक (also/likewise)
lakṣāḥlakhs (hundred-thousands)
lakṣāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootlakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
grāmāḥvillages
grāmāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
gājaṇakein Gājaṇaka (region)
gājaṇake:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgājaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; देश/प्रदेशवाचक
smṛtāḥare stated/are remembered
smṛtāḥ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘are said/are remembered’
aṣṭādaśaeighteen
aṣṭādaśa:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन-प्रायः (संख्यावाचक)
tathāalso
tathā:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक
lakṣāḥlakhs
lakṣāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootlakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
grāmāṇāmof villages
grāmāṇām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
gauḍa-deśakein the Gauḍa country
gauḍa-deśake:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgauḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + deśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gauḍasya deśaḥ)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sage-narrator recites a sacred map: stylized India as a mandala with Gauḍa highlighted, surrounded by innumerable tiny village icons, rivers, and temple spires; palm-leaf manuscript and counting beads suggest enumeration.
Characters & Entities
G
Gājaṇaka (region)G
GauḍadeśaFAQs
Traditional enumeration reinforces the Purāṇic vision of Bhārata and adjoining lands as a sacredly ordered whole.
None; these are regional references within a broader listing.
None.