Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रो देवराजौदलश्चेति त्रयः स्मृताः । चचाई देवी तेषां वै कुलरक्षाकरी स्मृता

Transliteration

viśvāmitro devarājaudalaśceti trayaḥ smṛtāḥ | cacāī devī teṣāṃ vai kularakṣākarī smṛtā

Translation

വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ, ദേവരാജ-ഔദലൻ മുതലായ മൂവർ പ്രవరങ്ങളായി സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ദേവി ചചായീ അവരുടെ കുലരക്ഷകിയായി പ്രസിദ്ധയാണ്.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवराजौदलः: Devarājaudala (a proper name)
• देवराजौदलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज-औदल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देवराजस्य औदलः/औदल-नामकः)

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्मृताः: are remembered/mentioned
• स्मृताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि-क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (अर्थतः ‘are remembered/are said’)

• चचाई: Cacāī (a goddess/name)
• चचाई: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चचाई (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कुलरक्षाकरी: protector of the family/lineage
• कुलरक्षाकरी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल-रक्षा-करिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुलस्य रक्षां करोति)

• स्मृता: is remembered/known as
• स्मृता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि-क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अर्थतः ‘is remembered/said’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a king; exact speaker not in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpottama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator enumerates three pravara-sages—Viśvāmitra prominent—while a subtle vision of the goddess Cacāī appears as a protective presence behind the lineage, holding auspicious symbols.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Devarāja-udala
• Cacāī Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A lineage thrives when it honors its ancestral sages and its kuladevatā, who is revered as the guardian of dharma in the family.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the overarching sacred landscape; this verse highlights lineage guardianship rather than a named bathing-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, kuladevatā-pūjā and remembrance of sages; no specific vrata or dāna is stated.