Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 250

Devanagari script

आंगिरसं बार्हस्पत्यं भारद्वाजं तृतीयकम् । अस्मिन्वंशे च ये जाताः ब्राह्मणा पूतमूर्तयः

Transliteration

āṃgirasaṃ bārhaspatyaṃ bhāradvājaṃ tṛtīyakam | asminvaṃśe ca ye jātāḥ brāhmaṇā pūtamūrtayaḥ

Translation

ആംഗിരസ, ബാർഹസ്പത്യ, ഭാരദ്വാജ—ഇവയാണ് മൂന്ന് പ്രവർങ്ങൾ. ഈ വംശത്തിൽ ജനിക്കുന്ന ബ്രാഹ്മണർ ധർമ്മംകൊണ്ട് ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ട പവിത്രസ്വരൂപികളാണ്.

Word by Word

• आङ्गिरसम्: Āṅgirasa (name of a pravara)
• आङ्गिरसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (प्रवर-नाम)

• बार्हस्पत्यम्: Bārhaspatya (of Bṛhaspati)
• बार्हस्पत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बार्हस्पत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (प्रवर-नाम)

• भारद्वाजम्: Bhāradvāja (name of a pravara)
• भारद्वाजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (प्रवर-नाम)

• तृतीयकम्: the third
• तृतीयकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal/‘third’)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वंशे: lineage, family
• वंशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• ये: who, those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जाताः: were born
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘जात’ = born

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पूतमूर्तयः: of purified form, pure-bodied
• पूतमूर्तयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत-मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘पूता मूर्तिः’ यस्य/येषाम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jākhāsaṇa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three rishis—Angiras, Brihaspati (Bārhaspatya), and Bharadvaja—appear as luminous ancestral presences above a yajña-vedi; below, Brahmanas with serene faces and sacred threads perform agnihotra, symbolizing ‘pūta-mūrti’.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• Bṛhaspati
• Bharadvāja
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True nobility is framed as purification through dharma—lineage is meaningful when it supports righteous living and sacred learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Dharmāraṇya regional account by describing pravaras and lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse provides pravara-style identifiers (Āṅgirasa, Bārhaspatya, Bhāradvāja) used in Vedic ritual recitations.