Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जातूकर्ण्यस्तथा वत्सो वसिष्ठो धारणस्तथा । आत्रेयो भांडिलश्चैव लौकिकाश्च इतः परम्

Transliteration

jātūkarṇyastathā vatso vasiṣṭho dhāraṇastathā | ātreyo bhāṃḍilaścaiva laukikāśca itaḥ param

Translation

Jātūkarṇya and Vatsa; Vasiṣṭha and Dhāraṇa; Ātreya and Bhāṇḍila; and thereafter, the Laukikas as well.

Word by Word

• jātūkarṇyaḥ: Jātūkarṇya
• jātūkarṇyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātūkarṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• vatsaḥ: Vatsa
• vatsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dhāraṇaḥ: Dhāraṇa
• dhāraṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• ātreyaḥ: Ātreya
• ātreyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātreya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhāṃḍilaḥ: Bhāṃḍila
• bhāṃḍilaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāṃḍila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• laukikāḥ: the Laukikas (a group/name)
• laukikāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laukika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• itaḥ: from here / henceforth
• itaḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/क्रमवाचक (from here/thereafter)

• param: afterwards / further
• param: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative), क्रमवाचक (thereafter/further)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter continues the lineage roll: Jātūkarṇya, Vatsa, Vasiṣṭha, Dhāraṇa, Ātreya, Bhāṇḍila, Laukika—students mark the names on palm leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Jātūkarṇya
• Vatsa
• Vasiṣṭha
• Dhāraṇa
• Ātreya
• Bhāṇḍila
• Laukika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is maintained by preserving the names and continuity of ṛṣi-descended lineages that sustain Vedic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The enumeration belongs to the Dharmāraṇya context, presenting it as a seat of established Vedic lineages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the catalog of gotras relevant for ritual identification.