Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

आवरिवृवाप्रः यौवनाश्वभृगुच्यवनआप्नोर्वजमदग्निस्तथैव हि

Transliteration

āvarivṛvāpraḥ yauvanāśvabhṛgucyavanaāpnorvajamadagnistathaiva hi

Translation

De même, en vérité : Āvarivṛvāpra, Yauvanāśva, Bhṛgu, Cyavana, Āpno(r)va et Jamadagni — tels sont les ṛṣi ancestraux dont on se souvient.

Word by Word

• आवरिवृवाप्रः: Āvarivṛvāpra (a proper name)
• आवरिवृवाप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवरिवृवाप्र (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यौवनाश्व: Yauvanāśva (proper name)
• यौवनाश्व: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन + अश्व (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम-समाहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यौवनस्य अश्वः/यौवनाश्वः)

• भृगु: Bhṛgu
• भृगु: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र/ऋषिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च्यवन: Cyavana
• च्यवन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्नोर्: Āpnor (proper name; uncertain reading)
• आप्नोर्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्नोर् (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पदान्ते र्-आगम/सन्धि-रूप (अनिश्चित पाठ)

• वजमदग्निः: Vajamadagni (proper name)
• वजमदग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज + मदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम-समाहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वजस्य मदग्निः/वजमदग्निः)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

Speaker

Unspecified (cataloguing pravaras/ṛṣis within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm forest-kshetra setting where a narrator recites a roll of ancestral sages; rishis appear as luminous presences behind the spoken names.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Cyavana
• Jamadagni
• Yauvanāśva
• Āvarivṛvāpra
• Āpno(r)va

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is transmitted through remembrance of ṛṣi-lineages that anchor Vedic and puranic ritual continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a specific tirtha; the verse supports Dharmāraṇya’s sacred identity by listing revered ṛṣis/pravaras tied to its communities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied use of these ṛṣis as pravaras in rites where lineage invocation is required.