Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

वेखलोया मया प्रोक्ता कुत्सवंशे समुद्भवाः । प्रवरत्रयसंयुक्ताः शृणुत्वं च नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

vekhaloyā mayā proktā kutsavaṃśe samudbhavāḥ | pravaratrayasaṃyuktāḥ śṛṇutvaṃ ca nṛpottama

Translation

J’ai exposé les Vekhaloyā, nés dans la lignée de Kutsa et pourvus de la triade des pravara. Écoute encore, ô meilleur des rois.

Word by Word

• वेखलोयाः: the Vekhaloyās (a group/lineage)
• वेखलोयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेखलोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रोक्ताः: declared / spoken of
• प्रोक्ताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि-क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (अर्थतः ‘have been said/declared’)

• कुत्सवंशे: in the Kutsa lineage
• कुत्सवंशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुत्स-वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुत्सस्य वंशः)

• समुद्भवाः: born/arisen (therefrom)
• समुद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उद्+भू (धातु) → समुद्भव (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (born/arisen), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रवरत्रयसंयुक्ताः: associated with three pravaras
• प्रवरत्रयसंयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर + त्रय + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रवराणां त्रयेण संयुक्ताः)

• शृणुत्वम्: listen (you all)
• शृणुत्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन

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

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमो नृपः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a king; exact speaker not in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpottama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated purāṇic narrator instructs a king in a forest hermitage setting, gesturing as he enumerates a lineage and its pravara-triad; palm-leaf manuscripts and sacrificial implements nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Kutsa
• Vekhaloyāḥ
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded by remembering authentic lineage markers (gotra and pravara) and listening attentively to sacred instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Dharmāraṇya; this verse itself focuses on lineage description rather than a distinct named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on śravaṇa (listening) and correct pravara identification.