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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

सहस्रदशकं चैव संजायुरिति देशकः । शिवनामा तथा देशः सहस्रदशकः स्मृतः । सहस्राणि दश ख्यातं तथा कालहयंजयः

Transliteration

sahasradaśakaṃ caiva saṃjāyuriti deśakaḥ | śivanāmā tathā deśaḥ sahasradaśakaḥ smṛtaḥ | sahasrāṇi daśa khyātaṃ tathā kālahayaṃjayaḥ

Translation

Vùng đất gọi là Saṃjāyu cũng được kể là mười nghìn (làng). Xứ mang danh Śivanāmā cũng được ghi nhớ là mười nghìn. Và Kālahayaṃjaya cũng nổi tiếng là mười nghìn (làng).

Word by Word
सहस्रदशकम्ten thousand (as a unit)
सहस्रदशकम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र-दशक (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सहस्र + दशक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्या/परिमाण
चand
च:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (particle: indeed)
संजायुःSaṃjāyu (name)
संजायुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंजायु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)
इतिthus/so called
इति:
Sambandha/Quotation marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
देशकःthe region (so named)
देशकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेशक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'a region' (here: region-name/appellation)
शिवनामाnamed Śiva
शिवनामा:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: शिव + नामन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — 'having the name Śiva'
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)
देशःcountry/region
देशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सहस्रदशकःten-thousand
सहस्रदशकः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-दशक (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सहस्र + दशक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — 'ten-thousand (in extent/number)'
स्मृतःis known/considered
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्या — 'thousands'
दशten
दश:
Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द (indeclinable-like numeral); here used appositionally with सहस्राणि — 'ten'
ख्यातम्is known as
ख्यातम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय — 'is famed/known'
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)
कालहयंजयःKālahayaṃjaya (name)
कालहयंजयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल-हयंजय (प्रातिपदिक; समास: काल + हयंजय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (place-name)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃjāyu-deśa; Śivanāmā-deśa; Kālahayaṃjaya-deśa (regional frames)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (contextually continuing from the addressed sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three regions appear as mantra-like seals on a map: Saṃjāyu, Śivanāmā, Kālahayaṃjaya. Over Śivanāmā rises a luminous liṅga; over Kālahayaṃjaya, a subdued Kāla figure (dark, skeletal) is shown being overcome by Śiva’s radiance; pilgrims chant as they walk.

Characters & Entities
S
Saṃjāyu
Ś
Śivanāmā
K
Kālahayaṃjaya
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

Places bearing Śiva’s name or fame are treated as spiritually significant; even cataloging them is part of preserving sacred memory.

No distinct tīrtha is specified; the verse lists regions (deśas), including one explicitly ‘Śiva-named’ (Śivanāmā).

None.

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