Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

सार्धलक्षत्रयं प्रोक्तं द्रडस्य विषये तथा । सार्धलक्षत्रयं प्रोक्तं तथावंभणवाहके

Transliteration

sārdhalakṣatrayaṃ proktaṃ draḍasya viṣaye tathā | sārdhalakṣatrayaṃ proktaṃ tathāvaṃbhaṇavāhake

Translation

دَرَڈ کے علاقے میں ساڑھے تین لاکھ بتائے گئے ہیں؛ اور اسی طرح اَوَمبھَن واہک میں بھی ساڑھے تین لاکھ ہی بیان ہوئے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: three and a half lakhs
• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: Karma/Pradhana-visheshya (Object/quantified total)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्ध (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सार्धं लक्षं + त्रयम् = three and a half lakhs)

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• द्रडस्य: of Draḍa
• द्रडस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• विषये: in the district/region
• विषये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Upapada (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'likewise/so')

• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: three and a half lakhs
• सार्धलक्षत्रयम्: Karma/Pradhana-visheshya (Object/quantified total)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्ध + लक्ष + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• प्रोक्तम्: is said
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Upapada (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अवंभणवाहके: in Avaṃbhaṇavāhaka (region)
• अवंभणवाहके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवंभणवाहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्थाननाम)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Draḍa-viṣaya; Avaṃbhaṇavāhaka (regional listing)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two adjacent territories on a scroll-map, each marked ‘3½ lakhs’ with repeating village motifs; a narrator’s hand gestures in rhythmic counting.

Characters & Entities

• Draḍa
• Avaṃbhaṇavāhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and reciting sacred regional names is treated as a form of praise, situating dharma within the lived geography of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha; the verse lists territories (viṣayas).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.