Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

त्रयीविद्यासु विख्याता लोकेऽस्मिन्नमितद्युते । चतुष्षष्टिकगोत्राणां वाडवा ये प्रतिष्ठिताः

Transliteration

trayīvidyāsu vikhyātā loke'sminnamitadyute | catuṣṣaṣṭikagotrāṇāṃ vāḍavā ye pratiṣṭhitāḥ

Translation

„In dieser Welt sind sie berühmt, o du von unermesslichem Glanz, in der dreifachen vedischen Wissenschaft; und sie sind als die Vāḍavas eingesetzt, zu vierundsechzig Gotras gehörig.“

Word by Word

• त्रयीविद्यासु: in the threefold Vedic sciences
• त्रयीविद्यासु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयी + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; समासः त्रयी (वेदत्रयी) + विद्या

• विख्याताः: renowned
• विख्याताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अमितद्युते: O one of immeasurable splendor
• अमितद्युते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—अमिता द्युतिः यस्य सः

• चतुष्षष्टिकगोत्राणाम्: of the sixty-four gotras
• चतुष्षष्टिकगोत्राणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुःषष्टि + क + गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः चतुःषष्टि (64) + क (तद्धित) + गोत्र

• वाडवाः: Vāḍavas (a group/clan)
• वाडवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• प्रतिष्ठिताः: are established
• प्रतिष्ठिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mātā (context continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Mother enumerates the brāhmaṇas’ fame in the three Vedas; a visual motif shows 64 gotra-banners or emblems arranged in a mandala around a central sacred fire, with radiant learned brāhmaṇas seated in concentric order.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mātā
• trayī (three Vedas)
• gotra
• Vāḍava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred order includes both learning (trayī-vidyā) and lineage discipline (gotra), preserving dharma across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is presented as a seat of Vedic renown and structured gotra-based community.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is mentioned; the emphasis is on Vedic learning and recognized lineage affiliation.