Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

कृष्णायनोपमन्यू च गार्ग्यमुद्गलमौखकाः । पुशिः पराशरश्चैव कौंडिन्यश्च ततः परम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇāyanopamanyū ca gārgyamudgalamaukhakāḥ | puśiḥ parāśaraścaiva kauṃḍinyaśca tataḥ param

Translation

Und (es gab) Kṛṣṇāyana und Upamanyu; (die Linien von) Gārgya, Mudgala und Maukha; Puśi und auch Parāśara—und danach Kauṇḍinya.

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇāyana-upamanyū: Kṛṣṇāyana and Upamanyu
• kṛṣṇāyana-upamanyū: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇāyana (प्रातिपदिक) + upamanyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (two names in coordination)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• gārgya-mudgala-maukhakāḥ: Gārgya, Mudgala, and Maukhaka(s)
• gārgya-mudgala-maukhakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gārgya (प्रातिपदिक) + mudgala (प्रातिपदिक) + maukhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (list of names)

• puśiḥ: Puśi
• puśiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puśi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम

• parāśaraḥ: Parāśara
• parāśaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parāśara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed)

• kauṃḍinyaḥ: Kauṇḍinya
• kauṃḍinyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauṃḍinya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; गोत्र/ऋषिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequencer)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमसूचक (thereafter)

• param: next
• param: Sambandha (Sequencer)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत/अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रमसूचक (next)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like mural: clusters of hermitages labeled by gotra names, with a central reciter; the forest is dotted with sacrificial altars and small huts.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇāyana
• Upamanyu
• Gārgya
• Mudgala
• Maukha
• Puśi
• Parāśara
• Kauṇḍinya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of place is expressed through the community of sages and learned families who embody and transmit dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the overarching sacred locale being described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.