Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रो देवरातस्तृतीयौदलमेव हि । अस्मिन्गोत्रे च ये जाता वेदशास्त्र परायणाः

Transliteration

viśvāmitro devarātastṛtīyaudalameva hi | asmingotre ca ye jātā vedaśāstra parāyaṇāḥ

Translation

Viśvāmitra et Devarāta, et certes Udala pour troisième : ceux qui naissent dans ce gotra sont voués aux Veda et aux Śāstra.

Word by Word

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

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

• तृतीयौ: the two as third (i.e., third pair)
• तृतीयौ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• दलम्: group/section
• दलम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

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

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

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गोत्रे: in the lineage/gotra
• गोत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• वेदशास्त्रपरायणाः: devoted to the Veda and śāstras
• वेदशास्त्रपरायणाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + शास्त्र + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेदशास्त्रयोः परायणाः = devoted to Veda and śāstra)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triad motif: portraits/visions of Viśvāmitra, Devarāta, and Udala; below them, students reciting Veda and consulting śāstra, indicating continuity of learning in the gotra.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Devarāta
• Udala
• Veda
• Śāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lineage finds its true worth when it is anchored in disciplined study and practice of Veda and dharma-śāstra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Dharmāraṇya setting, praising the learned lineages associated with that sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; devotion to Vedic recitation and śāstric practice is implied.