Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90
Devanagari script
अस्मिन्गोत्रे च ये जाताः सत्य संभाषिणस्तथा । जितेंद्रियाः सुरूपाश्च अल्पाहाराः शुभाननाः
Transliteration
asmingotre ca ye jātāḥ satya saṃbhāṣiṇastathā | jiteṃdriyāḥ surūpāśca alpāhārāḥ śubhānanāḥ
Translation
またこのゴートラに生まれた者は真実を語り、諸根を制し、姿は麗しく、食は少なく、顔は光り輝く。
Word by Word
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
गोत्रेlineage, clan
गोत्रे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम
जाताःborn
जाताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजात (प्रातिपदिक; जात < जन् (धातु) क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त
सत्यtruthfully
सत्य:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)
संभाषिणःspeaking, conversing
संभाषिणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंभाषिन् (प्रातिपदिक; संभाष् (धातु) + इन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
जितेन्द्रियाःhaving conquered the senses
जितेन्द्रियाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; जित < जि (धातु) क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण
सुरूपाःhandsome, well-formed
सुरूपाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
अल्पाहाराःeating little
अल्पाहाराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प-आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
शुभाननाःwith auspicious faces
शुभाननाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ-आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
Speaker
Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Idealized ascetics/householders of a lineage: calm faces, restrained posture, simple diet offerings, a gentle aura around the head signifying tejas.
Characters & Entities
D
Dharma (truthfulness, self-control)FAQs
Truthfulness, sense-control, and moderation are praised as the inner marks of dharmic refinement.
No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is ethical and lineage-based.
None; the verse commends disciplines (satya, indriya-jaya, alpāhāra) rather than formal rites.