Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

चतुर्थं शीहोलियाग्रामं गोत्रद्वित यमेव च । विश्वामित्रदेवराततृतीयौदलमेव च

Transliteration

caturthaṃ śīholiyāgrāmaṃ gotradvita yameva ca | viśvāmitradevarātatṛtīyaudalameva ca

Translation

നാലാമത്തേത് ശീഹോലിയാ ഗ്രാമമാണ്; അവിടെ രണ്ട് ഗോത്രങ്ങളുണ്ട്. മൂന്നാമത്തേത് വിശ്വാമിത്രനും ദേവരാതനും (ഔദല) ആണെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (fourth)

• शीहोलिया: Śīholiyā (name)
• शीहोलिया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीहोलिया (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रामनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गोत्रद्वितम्: the second gotra/group
• गोत्रद्वितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गोत्राणां द्वितम् = second set/second)

• यम्: which
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (which/that)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed/only)

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

• विश्वामित्रदेवराततृतीयौदलम्: the group: Viśvāmitra, Devarāta, Tṛtīya, Udala
• विश्वामित्रदेवराततृतीयौदलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देवरात (प्रातिपदिक) + तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + उदल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (विश्वामित्र-देवरात-तृतीय-उदल-समूहः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śīholiyā-grāma

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator points out a village on a stylized map/landscape; two gotra banners or emblems are shown; sages Viśvāmitra and Devarāta are depicted as ancestral icons hovering or seated in a lineage shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Devarāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are remembered through the dharmic lineages (gotras) and rishi-traditions that preserve ritual life there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A settlement-region within Dharmāraṇya is mapped via villages like Śīholiyā; the verse functions as sacred-geographical cataloguing rather than praising a single bathing-tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse identifies villages and gotra affiliations important for ritual identity.