Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50
Devanagari script
अगस्तिदर्विश्वेताश्व दध्यवाहनसंज्ञकाः । अस्मिन्गोत्रे च ये जाता धर्मकर्मसमाश्रिताः
Transliteration
agastidarviśvetāśva dadhyavāhanasaṃjñakāḥ | asmingotre ca ye jātā dharmakarmasamāśritāḥ
Translation
അഗസ്തി, ദർവിശ്വേതാശ്വ, ദധ്യവാഹന എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധർ. ഈ ഗോത്രത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചവർ ധർമ്മവും സത്കർമ്മവും ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
अगस्तिAgasti (name)
अगस्ति:
Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootagasti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-निर्देश (नामनिर्देश; समासाङ्ग/सूचीपद)
दर्विDarvī (name)
दर्वि:
Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdarvi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-निर्देश (नामनिर्देश; समासाङ्ग/सूचीपद)
श्वेताश्वŚvetāśva (name)
श्वेताश्व:
Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśveta + aśva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-निर्देश (नामनिर्देश); समासः—कर्मधारय
दध्यवाहनसंज्ञकाःcalled Dadhyavāhana
दध्यवाहनसंज्ञकाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdadhyavāhana + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (dadhyavāhana-iti saṃjñā yeṣām)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
गोत्रेin the gotra/lineage
गोत्रे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
जाताःborn
जाताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjāta (प्रातिपदिक); √jan (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
धर्मकर्मसमाश्रिताःdevoted to righteous duties and rites
धर्मकर्मसमाश्रिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma + karma + samāśrita (प्रातिपदिक); √śri (धातु) उपसर्ग-sam-ā
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (dharma-karmāṇi samāśritāḥ)
Speaker
Unspecified (narrator addressing a king within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A lineage scroll or recitation naming Agasti, Darviśvetaśva, Dadhyavāhana; figures shown choosing dharma—helping others, performing rites with integrity.
Characters & Entities
A
Agasti (Agastya-line name)D
DharmaG
GotraFAQs
True nobility of lineage is shown by reliance on dharma and righteous conduct.
No holy site is named; the verse continues a gotra/lineage catalogue.
No direct prescription; the emphasis is on dharmic action as the basis of life.