Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

आंगिरसांबरीषौ च यौवनाश्वस्तृतीयकः । देवी चच्छत्रजा चैव द्वितीया शेषला तथा

Transliteration

āṃgirasāṃbarīṣau ca yauvanāśvastṛtīyakaḥ | devī cacchatrajā caiva dvitīyā śeṣalā tathā

Translation

Sont nommés Āṅgirasa et Āṃbarīṣa, et pour troisième, Yauvanāśva. De même est invoquée la Déesse Cacchatrajā, et pour seconde, Śeṣalā aussi.

Word by Word

• आङ्गिरस: Āṅgirasa (name)
• आङ्गिरस: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; नाम (proper name)

• अम्बरीषौ: Ambarīṣa (name)
• अम्बरीषौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; नाम (proper name)

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

• यौवनाश्व: Yauvanāśva (name)
• यौवनाश्व: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवनाश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• तृतीयकः: the third
• तृतीयकः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• देवी: the goddess / Devī (name)
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• छत्रजा: Chatrajā (name)
• छत्रजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• द्वितीया: the second
• द्वितीया: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• शेषला: Śeṣalā (name)
• शेषला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेषला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक-अव्यय (adverb/connector: 'also/likewise')

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm forest-āśrama setting where a narrator enumerates revered names; behind him, subtle iconographic presence of a local Devī (Cacchatrajā) and another Devī (Śeṣalā) as protective śaktis of the region.

Characters & Entities

• Āṅgirasa
• Āṃbarīṣa
• Yauvanāśva
• Devī Cacchatrajā
• Devī Śeṣalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is preserved through named seers/lineages and their associated divine powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied holy region where these gotras and goddesses are listed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; it is a nominative enumeration.