Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तथा गान्यासनश्चैव प्रवराणि चतुर्विंशतिः । जामदग्न्यस्य गोत्रस्य प्रवराः पंच एव हि

Transliteration

tathā gānyāsanaścaiva pravarāṇi caturviṃśatiḥ | jāmadagnyasya gotrasya pravarāḥ paṃca eva hi

Translation

അതുപോലെ ഗാന്യാസനവും ഉണ്ട്—ഈ എണ്ണത്തിൽ പ്രവരങ്ങൾ ഇരുപത്തിനാലാണ്. എന്നാൽ ജാമദഗ്ന്യ ഗോത്രത്തിന് പ്രവരങ്ങൾ വാസ്തവത്തിൽ അഞ്ചേ ഉള്ളൂ.

Word by Word

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• gānyāsanaḥ: Gānyāsana
• gānyāsanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gānya (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gānyasya āsanam / gānya-āsana)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• pravarāṇi: pravara names
• pravarāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• caturviṃśatiḥ: (are) twenty-four
• caturviṃśatiḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine, viṃśati-शब्द), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• jāmadagnyasya: of Jāmadagnya
• jāmadagnyasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• gotrasya: of the lineage/clan
• gotrasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• pravarāḥ: pravara (sages/names)
• pravarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• paṃca: five
• paṃca: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), अव्ययवत् (indeclinable-like numeral)

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• hi: indeed / for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (for/indeed)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The teacher concludes: ‘Pravaras are twenty-four; but Jāmadagnya has five.’ A disciple raises a hand for clarification; a small icon of Paraśurāma’s axe may appear as a symbolic cue.

Characters & Entities

• Gānyāsana
• Pravara
• Jāmadagnya gotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual dharma depends on precise remembrance of pravara and gotra distinctions, preserving authenticity in tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame, contributing to its portrayal as a Vedic-ordered sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It notes a ritual-identity rule: the Jāmadagnya gotra is associated with five pravaras, important for formal recitations in rites.