Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

नवैव लक्षा ग्रामाणां कांतिपुरे प्रकीर्तिताः । नवलक्षास्तथा चैव माचिपुरे प्रकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

navaiva lakṣā grāmāṇāṃ kāṃtipure prakīrtitāḥ | navalakṣāstathā caiva mācipure prakīrtitāḥ

Translation

在迦ṃ提补罗，确然宣说有九“洛叉”之村落；同样，在摩支补罗亦宣称为九“洛叉”。

Word by Word

• nava: nine
• nava: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; स्त्रीलिङ्गे ‘lakṣā’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (only/indeed)

• lakṣāḥ: lakhs
• lakṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• grāmāṇām: of villages
• grāmāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• kāṃtipure: in Kāṃtipura
• kāṃtipure: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṃtipura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (नगरवाचक), सप्तमी, एकवचन

• prakīrtitāḥ: are proclaimed
• prakīrtitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि

• nava-lakṣāḥ: nine lakhs
• nava-lakṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• mācipure: in Mācipura
• mācipure: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mācipura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (नगरवाचक), सप्तमी, एकवचन

• prakīrtitāḥ: are proclaimed
• prakīrtitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Kāṃtipura
• Mācipura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic method of praising the world includes careful cataloguing—names and numbers serve as vehicles of remembrance and continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is praised; Kāṃtipura and Mācipura are listed as regions in the geographic account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.