Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

दंतालीया भारद्वाजकुत्सशायास्तथैव च । आंगिरसबार्हस्पत्यभारद्वाजास्तथैव च

Transliteration

daṃtālīyā bhāradvājakutsaśāyāstathaiva ca | āṃgirasabārhaspatyabhāradvājāstathaiva ca

Translation

وكذلك تُذكر الدَّمْتَالِيّات (Daṃtālīya) وخطّ بهارادفاجا–كوتسا–شايا (Bhāradvāja-Kutsa-Śāya)؛ ومثل ذلك تُتلى البرافارا (pravara): آنغيرسا (Āṅgirasa) وبارهاسبتيا (Bārhaspatya) وبهارادفاجا (Bhāradvāja).

Word by Word

• दंतालीयाः: Daṃtālīyas (a group/lineage)
• दंतालीयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃtālīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; गोत्र/प्रवर-नाम (proper group name)

• भारद्वाजकुत्सशायाः: Bhāradvāja, Kutsa, and Śāya (lineages/people)
• भारद्वाजकुत्सशायाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāradvāja + kutsa + śāya (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (भारद्वाजः + कुत्सः + शायः)

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

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

• एव: indeed
• 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)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher points to a lineage diagram on a palm-leaf or cloth scroll: Daṃtālīya and Bhāradvāja-Kutsa-Śāya branches, while students repeat the pravaras Āṅgirasa, Bārhaspatya, Bhāradvāja in chorus.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāradvāja
• Kutsa
• Aṅgiras
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering ṛṣi-lineages safeguards dharma by keeping ritual identity and ancestral tradition intact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This passage is focused on lineage enumeration, not on praising a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the names function for pravara recitation during saṃskāras and yajñas.