Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तस्य पुरोजवमनोजववेपमानधूम्रानीकचित्ररेफबहुरूपविश्वचारसंज्ञानि पुत्रनामानि सप्त वर्षाणि

Transliteration

tasya purojavamanojavavepamānadhūmrānīkacitrarephabahurūpaviśvacārasaṃjñāni putranāmāni sapta varṣāṇi

Translation

其诸子之名——普罗阇婆（Purojava）、摩诺阇婆（Manojava）、韦波摩那（Vepamāna）、杜摩罗尼迦（Dhūmrānīka）、质多罗勒法（Citrarepha）、婆呼卢波（Bahurūpa）与毗湿伐遮罗（Viśvacāra）——亦为七大地域（varṣa）之名。

Word by Word

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• purojava-manojava-vepamāna-dhūmrānīka-citrarepha-bahurūpa-viśvacāra-saṃjñāni: having the names/designations: Purojava, Manojava, Vepamāna, Dhūmrānīka, Citrarepha, Bahurūpa, Viśvacāra
• purojava-manojava-vepamāna-dhūmrānīka-citrarepha-bahurūpa-viśvacāra-saṃjñāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: purojava + manojava + vepamāna (√vep कम्पने, वर्तमानकृदन्त) + dhūmrānīka + citrarepha + bahurūpa + viśvacāra + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: समास (compound) बहुव्रीहि; Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषण (qualifier) of ‘putranāmāni/varṣāṇi’—‘having the designations …’

• putra-nāmāni: the sons’ names
• putra-nāmāni: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject-like head/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘sons’ + ‘names’; Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective; Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन) (agreeing with varṣāṇi)

• varṣāṇi: regions/years (here: divisions called ‘varṣas’)
• varṣāṇi: Karta/Pradhāna (Subject-like head/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like tableau: seven regions encircling a central axis, each region labeled with a son’s name; sages or a royal figure indicating the names as if teaching cosmography.

Characters & Entities

• Purojava
• Manojava
• Vepamāna
• Dhūmrānīka
• Citrarepha
• Bahurūpa
• Viśvacāra
• Śākadvīpa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tradition links land, lineage, and identity—suggesting that regions are remembered through dharmic genealogies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it enumerates mythic regional names within Śākadvīpa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.