Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

दीर्घदर्शिमहातेजो महामायाविमोहिताः । शांडिलसगोत्रेये प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः

Transliteration

dīrghadarśimahātejo mahāmāyāvimohitāḥ | śāṃḍilasagotreye pravaratrayasaṃyutāḥ

Translation

Mit Weitblick und großer Strahlkraft begabt—doch von der mächtigen Māyā betört—heißt es, dass die im Gotra des Śāṇḍila Geborenen mit einer Dreiheit von Pravara verbunden sind.

Word by Word

• dīrgha-darśi-mahā-tejaḥ: of great splendor, long-sighted
• dīrgha-darśi-mahā-tejaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha (प्रातिपदिक) + darśin (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासान्त-विशेषण (descriptive compound adjective)

• mahā-māyā-vimohitāḥ: deluded by great illusion
• mahā-māyā-vimohitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-muh (धातु) → vimohita (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘vimohita’

• śāṃḍila-sa-gotreye: belonging to the Śāṇḍila gotra
• śāṃḍila-sa-gotreye: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāṃḍila (प्रातिपदिक) + sa-gotra (प्रातिपदिक) + gotreya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; गोत्रसम्बन्धि-विशेषण (denoting belonging to the Śāṇḍila gotra)

• pravara-traya-saṃyutāḥ: endowed with three pravaras
• pravara-traya-saṃyutāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pravara (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-yuj (धातु) → saṃyuta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘saṃyuta’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm forest hermitage setting where a sage recites lineage lore: luminous brāhmaṇas seated in a semicircle, with a subtle veil-like motif symbolizing Māyā hovering over radiant figures.

Characters & Entities

• Māyā
• Śāṇḍila (gotra)
• Pravara (ancestral seers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the learned and radiant can be veiled by Māyā; therefore dharma requires humility and vigilance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest region) is the setting; the verse describes lineages associated with it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it references pravaras, which are invoked in Vedic rites to state lineage.