Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

सहस्रमेकमेकं च सर्वखण्डान्यमूनि च । नदीनां संभवं चापि संक्षेपाच्छृणु फाल्गुन

Transliteration

sahasramekamekaṃ ca sarvakhaṇḍānyamūni ca | nadīnāṃ saṃbhavaṃ cāpi saṃkṣepācchṛṇu phālguna

Translation

Hỡi Phālguna, hãy nghe vắn tắt về toàn thể các miền ấy—một nghìn lẻ một—và cả về nguồn gốc phát sinh của các dòng sông.

Word by Word

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; संख्याशब्द

• ekam: one
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• ekam: one (again)
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

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

• sarva-khaṇḍāni: all the regions/sections
• sarva-khaṇḍāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (sarvāṇi khaṇḍāni)

• amūni: these/those (aforementioned)
• amūni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• nadīnām: of rivers
• nadīnām: Sampradāna-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• saṃbhavam: origin/source
• saṃbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• saṃkṣepāt: briefly/in summary
• saṃkṣepāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (in brief)

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

• phālguna: O Phālguna (Arjuna)
• phālguna: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nadī-sambhava (river-origin corpus)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator unfurls a vast scroll showing ‘1001’ regions and branching rivers from mountain sources, converging into sangamas and seas; the listener (Phālguna) watches in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• khaṇḍas
• nadīs (rivers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames geography and river-origins as sacred knowledge to be heard with faith, supporting pilgrimage-minded dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha; the verse introduces a concise account of the sacred divisions (khaṇḍas) and river origins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) is implied—“listen briefly”—but no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is prescribed.