Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

लक्षद्वादशसाहस्रषण्नवत्यधिकाः पराः । अष्टौ लक्षाश्चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि च द्वापरः

Transliteration

lakṣadvādaśasāhasraṣaṇnavatyadhikāḥ parāḥ | aṣṭau lakṣāścatuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi ca dvāparaḥ

Translation

تریتا یُگ بارہ لاکھ، چھیانوے ہزار اور اس پر مزید ایک ہزار برس کہا گیا ہے؛ اور دْواپر یُگ آٹھ لاکھ اور چونسٹھ ہزار برس (انسانی پیمانے سے) ہے۔

Word by Word

• लक्षद्वादशसाहस्रषण्नवत्यधिकाः: twelve lakhs and ninety-six thousand more
• लक्षद्वादशसाहस्रषण्नवत्यधिकाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष + द्वादश + साहस्र + षण्णवति + अधिक (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: बहुवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति; संख्या-समाससमूहः (द्वादशलक्ष + साहस्र + षण्णवति-अधिक) = '12 lakhs plus 96 thousand'; agrees with implied 'years' (n. pl.) by sense

• पराः: are next/further
• पराः: Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; predicative 'are further/next' (refers to next yuga count)

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; numeral (eight) qualifying लक्षाः

• लक्षाः: lakhs
• लक्षाः: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (lakhs)

• चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि: sixty-four thousand
• चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःषष्टि + सहस्र (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; संख्या-तत्पुरुष (चतुःषष्टेः सहस्राणि)

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

• द्वापरः: Dvāpara [yuga]
• द्वापरः: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (name of yuga)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two adjoining vignettes: Tretā-yuga with Rāma-like royal dharma imagery; Dvāpara-yuga with Kṛṣṇa-like pastoral/royal imagery; above them, a celestial abacus marking durations.

Characters & Entities

• Tretā-yuga
• Dvāpara-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The ages have measured spans, indicating a governed cosmos where Dharma changes in proportion to time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; this is part of the cosmological time section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports Purāṇic teaching contexts such as vrata-fruits described differently per yuga.