Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 230

Devanagari script

छत्रोटा च परं स्थानं सर्वलोकैकपूजितम् । कुशगोत्रं समाख्यातं प्रवरत्रयमेव हि

Transliteration

chatroṭā ca paraṃ sthānaṃ sarvalokaikapūjitam | kuśagotraṃ samākhyātaṃ pravaratrayameva hi

Translation

Chatroṭā is proclaimed a foremost sacred settlement, revered by the people of all worlds. Its lineage is known as the Kuśa-gotra, and indeed it bears the triad of pravaras—invocations of ancestral seers.

Word by Word

• छत्रोटा: Chatrōṭā (name/place)
• छत्रोटा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्रोटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• सर्वलोकैकपूजितम्: worshipped by all the worlds/people
• सर्वलोकैकपूजितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लोक-एक-पूजित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘पूजित’ = worshipped; समासः—तत्पुरुष (निर्देश/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः: ‘सर्वलोकैः’ इति भावेन)

• कुशगोत्रम्: Kuśa-gotra (lineage of Kuśa)
• कुशगोत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश-गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी: ‘कुशस्य गोत्रम्’)

• समाख्यातम्: called, known as
• समाख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘समाख्यात’ = called/declared

• प्रवरत्रयम्: a triad of pravaras
• प्रवरत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (संख्यापूर्वकः: ‘त्रयः प्रवराः’)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; explanatory/causal)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king/interlocutor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: छत्रोटा (Chatroṭā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered settlement named Chatroṭā: a calm sacred village/kshetra with a central shrine, Vedic reciters seated under a banyan, and pilgrims offering water and flowers; a subtle emphasis on lineage—sages’ presence symbolized by three rishis behind the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Chatroṭā
• Kuśa-gotra
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are praised not only for geography but for dharmic continuity—lineage, ritual memory, and right conduct symbolized by gotra and pravara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Chatroṭā is celebrated as a foremost revered settlement within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse notes the Kuśa-gotra identity and the presence of three pravaras used in Vedic ritual self-identification.