Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

काश्यपश्चापवत्सारो नैध्रुवश्च तृतीयकः । वेदज्ञा गौरवर्णाश्च नैष्ठिका यज्ञकारकाः

Transliteration

kāśyapaścāpavatsāro naidhruvaśca tṛtīyakaḥ | vedajñā gauravarṇāśca naiṣṭhikā yajñakārakāḥ

Translation

കാശ്യപൻ, ആപവത്സാരൻ, നൈധ്രുവൻ—ഇവർ മൂന്നാം പ്രവരങ്ങൾ. അവർ വേദജ്ഞർ, ഗൗരവർണ്ണർ, വ്രതനിഷ്ഠർ, യജ്ഞകർതാക്കൾ.

Word by Word

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa (name)
• काश्यपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• अपवत्सारः: Apavatsāra (name)
• अपवत्सारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apavatsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नैध्रुवः: Naidhruva (name)
• नैध्रुवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naidhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• तृतीयकः: Tṛtīyaka (name)
• तृतीयकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वेदज्ञाः: knowers of the Veda
• वेदज्ञाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda + jña (प्रातिपदिक); √jñā (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vedasya jñāḥ)

• गौरवर्णाः: of fair complexion
• गौरवर्णाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gaura + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारय (gauraḥ varṇaḥ yeṣām)

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

• नैष्ठिकाः: steadfast, devoted
• नैष्ठिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naiṣṭhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यज्ञकारकाः: performers of sacrifices
• यज्ञकारकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yajña + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक); √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (yajñaṃ karoti iti)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm assembly of Veda-knowing brāhmaṇas reciting, with ṛṣi-figures (Kāśyapa etc.) invoked as pravaras; sacrificial implements and palm-leaf manuscripts present.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Āpavatsāra
• Naidhruva
• Veda
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic knowledge, disciplined observance, and yajña are portrayed as sustaining pillars of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse continues a pravara/lineage description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña (sacrifice) is referenced as a practice they perform, without detailing a specific ritual procedure.