Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

लोमशो लोमचरणो भरद्वाजोथ गौतमः । भृगुस्तु गालवो गर्गो जातूकर्ण्यः पराशरः

Transliteration

lomaśo lomacaraṇo bharadvājotha gautamaḥ | bhṛgustu gālavo gargo jātūkarṇyaḥ parāśaraḥ

Translation

ໂລມະຊະ ແລະ ໂລມະຈະຣະນະ, ພະຣະດວາຊະ ແລະ ໂຄຕະມະ; ພຣຶກຄຸ, ກາລະວະ, ກັຣຄະ, ຊາຕູກັນຍະ ແລະ ປະຣາຊະຣະ ດ້ວຍ—ມະຫາຣິສີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ທັງໝົດໄດ້ຊຸມນຸມຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ।

Word by Word

• लोमशः: Lomaśa
• लोमशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• लोमचरणः: Lomacaraṇa
• लोमचरणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोम + चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—लोमयुक्तः चरणः (नामरूपेण)

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘then/and then’)

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गर्गः: Garga
• गर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जातूकर्ण्यः: Jātūkarṇya
• जातूकर्ण्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातूकर्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage-audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An expanded council of sages: some elderly, some youthful; each with distinct attributes—staff, water-pot, rosary, manuscripts—seated in attentive stillness as if awaiting a sacred proclamation about Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Lomacaraṇa
• Bharadvāja
• Gautama
• Bhṛgu
• Gālava
• Garga
• Jātūkarṇya
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When many realized sages gather around a sacred center, it signifies that the place is a living seat of dharma and spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, as the meeting-ground of renowned ṛṣis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it continues the enumeration of holy participants.