Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

तेषां नामानि ग्रामांश्च पत्तनानि च फाल्गुन । वेलाकूलानि संख्यां च वक्ष्यामि तव तत्त्वतः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ nāmāni grāmāṃśca pattanāni ca phālguna | velākūlāni saṃkhyāṃ ca vakṣyāmi tava tattvataḥ

Translation

噢，法尔古那，我将如实告诉你：那些分区的名称、其村落与城镇、海滨沿岸，以及它们的数目——皆将准确而详尽。

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• nāmāni: names
• nāmāni: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (acc. pl.)

• grāmān: villages
• grāmān: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (acc. pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• pattanāni: towns
• pattanāni: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pattana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (acc. pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• phālguna: O Phālguna
• phālguna: Sambodhana (address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• velā-kūlāni: sea-shores; coasts
• velā-kūlāni: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: velā (प्रातिपदिक) + kūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वेलायाः कूलानि)

• saṃkhyām: number; count
• saṃkhyām: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (acc. sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriya (action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tava: to you; of you
• tava: Sampradana (recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• tattvataḥ: truly; in reality
• tattvataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages; addressing Phālguna (deduced from vocative)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addresses Phālguna (Arjuna) in a calm didactic setting, gesturing toward a scroll or map that shows towns, villages, and a coastline line; the scene emphasizes ‘telling truly’ with a poised, oath-like hand gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma preserves sacred memory through precise naming—geography becomes a vessel of spiritual culture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single site; the verse introduces a catalogue of regions, settlements, and coastal tracts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it signals an upcoming enumerative description.