Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

चरणीआ भारद्वाजः दुधीआधारणसा हि अहो सोन्नामांडिल्यस्तथा

Transliteration

caraṇīā bhāradvājaḥ dudhīādhāraṇasā hi aho sonnāmāṃḍilyastathā

Translation

ചരണീയാ ഭാരദ്വാജ ഗോത്രത്തിൽപ്പെട്ടത്; ദുധീയാ തീർച്ചയായും ധാരണ ശാഖയോട് ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടത്; അതുപോലെ സോന്നാമാണ്ഡില്യയും ഉണ്ട്।

Word by Word

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

• भारद्वाजः: Bhāradvāja (name)
• भारद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुधीआधारणसा: Dudhīā and Dhāraṇasā (as a combined name)
• दुधीआधारणसा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुधीआ + धारणसा (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्वसमास (name-pair as a unit)

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

• अहो: ah!/indeed!
• अहो: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादिबोधक-निपात (exclamatory particle)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• उन्नामांडिल्यः: Unnāma-Āṇḍilya (name)
• उन्नामांडिल्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्नाम + आंडिल्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative, name formation)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three hamlets shown as vignettes: Caraṇīā with Bhāradvāja-ṛṣi emblem, Dudhīā with Dhāraṇa-marked altar, Sonnāmāṇḍilya with a Śāṇḍilya-style teaching pavilion; a narrator links them in speech.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāradvāja
• Dhāraṇa
• Śāṇḍilya (implied by -māṇḍilya)
• Caraṇīā
• Dudhīā
• Sonnāmāṇḍilya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by accurate transmission of traditional identifiers—names, branches, and ṛṣi affiliations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred geography; the verse itself is a lineage/place-name register.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on classification.