Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

भार्गवच्यावनाप्नुवानौर्वश्च जमदग्निकः । पूर्वोक्ताः प्रवराश्चास्य कथितास्तव भारत

Transliteration

bhārgavacyāvanāpnuvānaurvaśca jamadagnikaḥ | pūrvoktāḥ pravarāścāsya kathitāstava bhārata

Translation

Bhārgava, Cyāvana, Āpnuvāna, Aurva, and Jamadagni—these are the previously stated pravaras of this lineage, O Bhārata, and they have been declared to you.

Word by Word

• भार्गव-च्यावन-आप्नुवान-और्वः: Bhārgava, Cyāvana, Āpnuvāna, and Aurva
• भार्गव-च्यावन-आप्नुवान-और्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक) + च्यावन (प्रातिपदिक) + आप्नुवान (प्रातिपदिक) + और्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामसमुच्चय-द्वन्द्व (collective)

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

• जमदग्निकः: Jamadagnika
• जमदग्निकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्निक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पूर्व-उक्ताः: previously stated
• पूर्व-उक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘said earlier’

• प्रवराः: pravaras (ancestral seers)
• प्रवराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• अस्य: of this (gotra/person)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कथिताः: have been told
• कथिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कथ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• तव: to you/for you
• तव: Sampradana/Recipient (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing “Bhārata”; narrator/teacher voice within Dharmāraṇya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addressing a disciple ‘Bhārata’, pointing to a manuscript where the five pravaras are written; the five sages appear as subtle visionary figures behind the text.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava
• Cyāvana
• Āpnuvāna
• Aurva
• Jamadagni
• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering pravaras preserves continuity of dharma and ritual correctness through honoring the ṛṣi-ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly glorified in this verse; it is a lineage clarification within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It reiterates the pravara set used for ritual invocation and identification.