Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

और्वभार्गवगोत्राणां पञ्चविंशदुदाहृताः । गौतमानां च षड्विंशमालूभायनविंशतिः

Transliteration

aurvabhārgavagotrāṇāṃ pañcaviṃśadudāhṛtāḥ | gautamānāṃ ca ṣaḍviṃśamālūbhāyanaviṃśatiḥ

Translation

ഔർവ-ഭാർഗവ ഗോത്രങ്ങൾ ഇരുപത്തഞ്ച് എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു. ഗൗതമർ ഇരുപത്താറും, ആലൂഭായനർ ഇരുപതും ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• और्वभार्गवगोत्राणाम्: of the Aurva-Bhārgava lineages (gotras)
• और्वभार्गवगोत्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: और्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक) + गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (और्व-भार्गव-गोत्राणि = और्वभार्गवयोः गोत्राणि)

• पञ्चविंशत्: twenty-five
• पञ्चविंशत्: Visheshya (Predicate count/संख्या-वाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्दः), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; संख्या

• उदाहृताः: are stated/mentioned
• उदाहृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘उदाहृताः’ = ‘are stated/mentioned’

• गौतमानाम्: of the Gautamas
• गौतमानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतमान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• षड्विंशम्: twenty-six
• षड्विंशम्: Visheshya (Predicate count/संख्या-वाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड्विंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्दः), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; संख्या

• आलूभायनविंशतिः: twenty (for) the Ālūbhāyanas
• आलूभायनविंशतिः: Visheshya (Predicate count/संख्या-वाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलूभायन (प्रातिपदिक) + विंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्दः), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (आलूभायनानां विंशतिः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred assembly at a tīrtha: seated ṛṣis and brāhmaṇas in rows, palm-leaf registers and rosaries, a scribe reciting counts of gotras; river/kuṇḍa in the background with pilgrims performing saṅkalpa.

Characters & Entities

• Aurva
• Bhārgava
• Gautama
• Ālūbhāyana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tradition values precise remembrance—lineages associated with holy regions are carefully preserved as part of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the verse itself does not name the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues the gotra enumeration.