Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

आनंदीया द्वे चैव भारद्वाजशांडिलश्चैव पाटडीआ कुशमेव च

Transliteration

ānaṃdīyā dve caiva bhāradvājaśāṃḍilaścaiva pāṭaḍīā kuśameva ca

Translation

ആനന്ദീയാ എന്ന രണ്ട് (കൂട്ടങ്ങൾ/സ്ഥലങ്ങൾ) ഉണ്ട്; കൂടാതെ ഭാരദ്വാജ–ശാണ്ഡില്യ പരമ്പരയോട് ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടവരും ഉണ്ട്; കുശവംശത്തിലെ പാടഡിയയും ഉണ്ട്।

Word by Word

• आनंदीया: Ānandīyās (a group/name)
• आनंदीया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनंदीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• द्वे: two (feminine dual)
• द्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual); संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

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

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis/only)

• भारद्वाजशांडिलः: Bhāradvāja and Śāṇḍila (as a pair/group name)
• भारद्वाजशांडिलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज + शांडिल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्वसमास (itaretara-dvandva)

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

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• पाटडीआ: Pāṭaḍīā (name)
• पाटडीआ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाटडीआ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुशम्: Kuśa (name)
• कुशम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd: Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

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

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator recites a register of Dharmāraṇya settlements; scribes and brahmins mark palm-leaf lists; a forested kṣetra with small shrines and boundary stones naming gotras.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāradvāja
• Śāṇḍila
• Kuśa
• Ānaṃdīyā
• Pāṭaḍīā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Continuity of dharma is safeguarded by carefully preserving names, branches, and ṛṣi affiliations across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied holy landscape; this line is a register of groups/places within it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.