Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132
नवैव लक्षा ग्रामाणां कांतिपुरे प्रकीर्तिताः । नवलक्षास्तथा चैव माचिपुरे प्रकीर्तिताः
navaiva lakṣā grāmāṇāṃ kāṃtipure prakīrtitāḥ | navalakṣāstathā caiva mācipure prakīrtitāḥ
Ở Kāṃtipura, người ta tuyên xưng đúng chín lakh làng mạc; và tại Mācipura cũng vậy, chín lakh được công bố.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A manuscript-map with two highlighted city-seals labeled Kāṃtipura and Mācipura; around each, concentric rings of tiny village glyphs suggesting ‘nine lakṣas’; the narrator’s finger traces routes between them.
FAQs
The Purāṇic method of praising the world includes careful cataloguing—names and numbers serve as vehicles of remembrance and continuity.
No single tīrtha is praised; Kāṃtipura and Mācipura are listed as regions in the geographic account.
None.