Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

उपमन्युसगोत्रेयाः प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः । वसिष्ठश्च भरद्वाजस्त्विंद्रप्रमद एव वा

Transliteration

upamanyusagotreyāḥ pravaratrayasaṃyutāḥ | vasiṣṭhaśca bharadvājastviṃdrapramada eva vā

Translation

ഉപമന്യു ഗോത്രസ്ഥർ ത്രിപ്രവരസമന്വിതർ—വസിഷ്ഠൻ, ഭരദ്വാജൻ, കൂടാതെ ഇന്ദ്രപ്രമദനും.

Word by Word

• उपमन्युसगोत्रेयाः: belonging to the Upamanyu gotra
• उपमन्युसगोत्रेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपमन्यु-स-गोत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक; उपमन्यु + स + गोत्रेय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; गोत्रसम्बन्धिवाचक विशेषणम्

• प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः: endowed with three pravaras
• प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर-त्रय-संयुत (प्रातिपदिक; प्रवर + त्रय + संयुत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

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

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• इन्द्रप्रमदः: Indrapramada (a name)
• इन्द्रप्रमदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-प्रमद (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र + प्रमद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम/उपनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta-type purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual scene where a brāhmaṇa recites saṅkalpa, with subtle visual motifs of three ṛṣis (Vasiṣṭha, Bharadvāja, Indrapramada) appearing as luminous ancestral presences above a yajña-kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Upamanyu
• Vasiṣṭha
• Bharadvāja
• Indrapramada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering pravaras preserves continuity with ṛṣi-tradition and frames dharma practice within sacred lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; pravara listing is typically relevant to ritual identification (saṃkalpa).