Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

आंगिरसांबरीषश्च यौवनाश्वस्तृतीयकः । भार्गवश्च्यावनाप्नवानौर्वजमदग्निस्तथैव च

Transliteration

āṃgirasāṃbarīṣaśca yauvanāśvastṛtīyakaḥ | bhārgavaścyāvanāpnavānaurvajamadagnistathaiva ca

Translation

また、アーンギラサ（Āṅgirasa）とアーンバリーシャ（Āṃbarīṣa）が挙げられ、第三としてヤウヴァナーシュヴァ（Yauvanāśva）。さらにバールガヴァ（Bhārgava）、チャーヴァナ（Cyāvana）、アープナヴァーナ（Āpnavāna）、アウルヴァ（Aurva）、ジャマダグニ（Jamadagni）も同様に語られる。

Word by Word

• आङ्गिरस: Āṅgirasa
• आङ्गिरस: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम/गोत्र-सम्बन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; सूचीकरणे (as a name in list)

• अम्बरिषः: Ambarīṣa
• अम्बरिषः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बरिष (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

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

• यौवनाश्वः: Yauvanāśva
• यौवनाश्वः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवनाश्व (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• तृतीयकः: the third
• तृतीयकः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; ‘तृतीयः’ इत्यर्थे (the third one)

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava
• भार्गवः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम/वंश-सम्बन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• च्यावन: Cyāvana
• च्यावन: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यावन (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; सूचीकरणे

• आप्नवान्: Āpnavān
• आप्नवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्नवत्/आप्नवान् (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• और्व: Aurva
• और्व: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: और्व (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थे (likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्ययम् (emphasis)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A litany of ṛṣis is recited; visionary montage: austere sages with matted hair, deer-skin, water-pot, and fire-altars; Jamadagni’s āśrama hinted with a cow and sacrificial fire.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• Āṃbarīṣa
• Yauvanāśva
• Bhṛgu (Bhārgava)
• Cyāvana
• Āpnavāna
• Aurva
• Jamadagni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa honors ṛṣis as living pillars of dharma; remembering them is a form of reverence and continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse is a continuation of pravara/gotra-related enumeration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

These names serve as pravara identifiers, used when declaring ancestry in Vedic and Smārta rites.