Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रो देवरातस्तृतीयौ दल एव च । आंगिरसबार्हस्पत्यभारद्वाजास्तथैव च

Transliteration

viśvāmitro devarātastṛtīyau dala eva ca | āṃgirasabārhaspatyabhāradvājāstathaiva ca

Translation

يُذكر في النصّ فيشفاميترا (Viśvāmitra) وديفاراتا (Devarāta)، ومعهما تريتِيّا (Tṛtīya) ودالا (Dala) أيضًا؛ وكذلك تُذكر سلالات آنغيرسا (Āṅgirasa) وبارهاسبتيا (Bārhaspatya) وبهارادفاجا (Bhāradvāja).

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (viśva + mitra)

• देवरातः: Devarāta
• देवरातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devarāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (deva + rāta)

• तृतीयौ: the third two (pair)
• तृतीयौ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)

• दलः: group/branch
• दलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• आंगिरसबार्हस्पत्यभारद्वाजाः: Āṅgirasa, Bārhaspatya, and Bhāradvāja (lineages/people)
• आंगिरसबार्हस्पत्यभारद्वाजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṅgirasa + bārhaspatya + bhāradvāja (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (आंगिरसः + बार्हस्पत्यः + भारद्वाजः)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic cataloguing style within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm hermitage setting where a ṛṣi or learned brāhmaṇa recites a lineage-roll: names of Viśvāmitra, Devarāta, Tṛtīya, Dala, and the pravaras Āṅgirasa–Bārhaspatya–Bhāradvāja, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a small sacred fire.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Devarāta
• Aṅgiras
• Bṛhaspati
• Bhāradvāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through remembered lineage (pravara–gotra), which supports ritual correctness and cultural continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is primarily genealogical (pravara/gotra) within Dharmāraṇya; it does not directly praise a single tīrtha in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual act is prescribed here; the verse supplies names used for pravara invocation in Vedic rites.