Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वस्थानस्य च गोत्रजान् । तथा हि प्रवरांश्चैव यथावद्विधिपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi svasthānasya ca gotrajān | tathā hi pravarāṃścaiva yathāvadvidhipūrvakam

Translation

ഇനി ഞാൻ സ്വസ്ഥാനവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ഗോത്രജനങ്ങളെയും അതുപോലെ പ്രവരങ്ങളെയും പരമ്പരയും വിധിയും അനുസരിച്ച് യഥാവിധി വിവരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• अतः: thereafter/therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Discourse adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादानार्थ/हेत्वर्थ (from this/therefore)

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘further/next’

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वस्थानस्य: of the settlement (Svasthāna)
• स्वस्थानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य स्थानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• गोत्रजान्: those born in the gotra / gotra-descendants
• गोत्रजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गोत्रात् जाताः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• प्रवरान्: the pravaras (lineage seers)
• प्रवरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘properly/as it should be’

• विधिपूर्वकम्: in accordance with prescribed procedure
• विधिपूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण ‘विधिपूर्वकं’

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svasthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator (Brahmā or a rishi) dictates a structured list of gotras and pravaras; scribes write on palm leaves; behind them a stylized mandala-map of Svasthāna indicating ordered tradition.

Characters & Entities

• Svasthāna
• Gotra
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual identity and sacred tradition are safeguarded by accurately preserving gotra and pravara knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svasthāna is contextualized as a sanctified locale whose communities are defined through gotra-pravara traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on correct, rule-based transmission (yathāvat, vidhi-pūrvakam) of gotra and pravara information used in rites.