Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

रैतिकानां तथा विंशत्पाराशर्याष्टकं तथा । गर्गाणां च द्विविंशं च हारीतानां विविंशतिः

Transliteration

raitikānāṃ tathā viṃśatpārāśaryāṣṭakaṃ tathā | gargāṇāṃ ca dviviṃśaṃ ca hārītānāṃ viviṃśatiḥ

Translation

De même, il y eut vingt de la lignée des Raitika, huit de la lignée des Pārāśarya, vingt-deux de la lignée des Garga, et vingt de la lignée des Hārīta.

Word by Word

• रैतिकानाम्: of the Raitikas
• रैतिकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैतिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्; गोत्र/वंशवाचक

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya/Prakara (Linking adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (also/likewise)

• विंशत्: twenty
• विंशत्: Vidhaya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; संख्या (20)

• पाराशर्याष्टकम्: a set of eight Pārāśaryas
• पाराशर्याष्टकम्: Vidhaya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाराशर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पाराशर्याणाम् अष्टकम् = a group of eight Pārāśaryas)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya/Prakara (Linking adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक

• गर्गाणाम्: of the Gargās
• गर्गाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; गोत्र/वंशवाचक

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय-निपातः

• द्विविंशम्: twenty-two
• द्विविंशम्: Vidhaya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विविंशति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; संख्या (22)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय-निपातः

• हारीतानाम्: of the Hārītas
• हारीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; गोत्र/वंशवाचक

• विविंशतिः: twenty
• विविंशतिः: Vidhaya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विविंशति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्या (20) (पाठभेद/रूपभेदः; अत्र ‘विंशतिः’ इव)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tableau of multiple Brahmin groups, each with subtle identifying marks, gathered near a shrine and water; the narrator gestures as if reading a list; the scene feels archival and communal.

Characters & Entities

• Raitika
• Pārāśarya
• Garga
• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa treats lineage memory as dharmic heritage, preserving detailed counts tied to sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the same Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha/city account; the specific site-name is not stated here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a continuation of the gotra-number catalog.