Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

यजंते च महायज्ञान्काश्यपेया द्विजातयः । धारीणसगोत्रजाश्च प्रवरैस्त्रिभिरन्विताः

Transliteration

yajaṃte ca mahāyajñānkāśyapeyā dvijātayaḥ | dhārīṇasagotrajāśca pravaraistribhiranvitāḥ

Translation

കാശ്യപേയ ദ്വിജർ മഹായജ്ഞങ്ങൾ അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നു. ധാരീണസ ഗോത്രത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചവരും മൂന്നു പ്രവരങ്ങളാൽ അന്വിതരാണ്.

Word by Word

• यजन्ते: they perform sacrifice
• यजन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

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

• महायज्ञान्: great sacrifices
• महायज्ञान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारय

• काश्यपेयाः: descendants of Kāśyapa
• काश्यपेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśyapeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• द्विजातयः: twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजातयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi + jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—द्विगु (dvi-jāti)

• धारीणसगोत्रजाः: born in the Dhārīṇa gotra
• धारीणसगोत्रजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhārīṇa + sa + gotra + ja (प्रातिपदिक); √jan (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (धारीण-गोत्रे जाताः)

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

• प्रवरैः: with (their) pravaras
• प्रवरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रिभिः: by/with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अन्विताः: endowed, accompanied
• अन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anvita (प्रातिपदिक); √i (धातु) उपसर्ग-anu
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand śrauta sacrifice: multiple priests, threefold pravara invocation, offerings into fire; banners or inscriptions naming Kāśyapeya and Dhārīṇa-sa.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Yajña
• Dhārīṇa-sa (gotra)
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The maintenance of yajña and lineage-based ritual identity is presented as a sustaining force for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It mentions the performance of mahāyajñas (great sacrifices) and notes pravara affiliation relevant to ritual recitations.