Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

चांचोदखे १२ देहोलोडी आत्रयश्च वत्सकुत्सकश्चैव । भारद्वाजीकोणाया च भारद्वाजगोलंदृणाशकुस्तथा

Transliteration

cāṃcodakhe 12 deholoḍī ātrayaśca vatsakutsakaścaiva | bhāradvājīkoṇāyā ca bhāradvājagolaṃdṛṇāśakustathā

Translation

ചാഞ്ചോദഖ (പന്ത്രണ്ട്) പ്രദേശത്ത് ‘ദേഹോലോടീ’ ആത്രേയ പരമ്പരയോട് ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടതാണ്; കൂടാതെ വത്സ–കുത്സ ബന്ധവും ഉണ്ട്. അതുപോലെ ഭാരദ്വാജ—കോണായാ, ഭാരദ്വാജ—ഗോലന്ദ്രുണ—ആശകു എന്നീ ബന്ധങ്ങളും പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• चांचोदखे: in/at Cāṃcodakha (place/name)
• चांचोदखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चांचोदख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पाठानुसार अनिश्चित), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; स्थान/नामरूप

• १२: twelve
• १२: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (पाठे अङ्करूपेण) — विभक्ति/लिङ्गं प्रसङ्गात्

• देहोलोडी: Deholoḍī (name)
• देहोलोडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहोलोडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नामरूप)

• आत्रयः: Ātraya (name)
• आत्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• वत्सकुत्सकः: Vatsa and Kutsaka (as a combined entry/name)
• वत्सकुत्सकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स + कुत्सक (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (वत्सः च कुत्सकः च) — समाहार/एकवचन-प्रयोग (नामसूची)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• भारद्वाजीकोणायाः: of Bhāradvājīkoṇāyā (name)
• भारद्वाजीकोणायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाजी + कोणाया (प्रातिपदिक); समास/संयुक्तनाम
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-सम्बन्ध (भारद्वाज्याः कोणाया)

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

• भारद्वाजगोलंदृणाशकुः: Bhāradvāja-golaṃdṛṇa-āśaku (name)
• भारद्वाजगोलंदृणाशकुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज + गोलंदृण + आशकु (प्रातिपदिक); समास/संयुक्तनाम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (भारद्वाज-गोलंदृण-आशकु)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb/particle: 'thus/also')

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relaying a traditional list)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāṃcodakha; Deholoḍī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ‘genealogy-map’ tableau: a sage draws branching lines from ṛṣis (Ātreya, Bhāradvāja) to sub-branches (Koṇāyā, Golaṃdṛṇa, Āśaku) and anchors them to village icons labeled Cāṃcodakha and Deholoḍī.

Characters & Entities

• Ātreya
• Vatsa
• Kutsa
• Bhāradvāja
• Cāṃcodakha
• Deholoḍī
• Koṇāyā
• Golaṃdṛṇa
• Āśaku

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames social and ritual identity as rooted in ṛṣi-heritage; remembering these ties is treated as part of dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the overarching sacred landscape; this verse records sub-locations/groups and their ṛṣi affiliations rather than extolling a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse is primarily an enumeration of lineages (Ātreya, Vatsa–Kutsa, Bhāradvāja branches).