Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तच्छिष्यशिष्यैस्तत्पुत्रैस्तत्पुत्रैश्च क्रमागतैः । धृतो रुद्रात्मकः सोऽयं वेदसारः प्रसादितः

Transliteration

tacchiṣyaśiṣyaistatputraistatputraiśca kramāgataiḥ | dhṛto rudrātmakaḥ so'yaṃ vedasāraḥ prasāditaḥ

Translation

त्या शिष्यांचे शिष्य, त्यांचे पुत्र व पौत्र—अशा क्रमपरंपरेने—यास धारण करीत राहिले; हा रुद्रस्वरूप उपदेश, वेदांचा सार, कृपेने जतन झाला.

Word by Word

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे (genitive sense, in compound)

• śiṣyaśiṣyaiḥ: by the disciples of (his) disciples
• śiṣyaśiṣyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिष्यस्य शिष्याः)

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे (genitive sense, in compound)

• putraiḥ: by sons
• putraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे (genitive sense, in compound)

• putraiḥ: by sons
• putraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• kramāgataiḥ: come down in succession, traditional
• kramāgataiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक) + āgata (√gam, क्त कृदन्त as adjective)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (क्रमेण आगताः)

• dhṛtaḥ: was held/maintained
• dhṛtaḥ: Predicate (State/गुणवचन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dhṛ (धृ धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि

• rudrātmakaḥ: of the nature of Rudra
• rudrātmakaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रः आत्मा यस्य)

• saḥ: that/he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• vedasāraḥ: the essence of the Veda
• vedasāraḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य सारः)

• prasāditaḥ: made gracious/propitiated; rendered pleasing
• prasāditaḥ: Predicate (Result/state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√sad (सद् धातु) (णिच्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; causative sense: ‘प्रसादित’ = made gracious/propitiated; also ‘rendered clear/pleasing’

Speaker

Muni (continuing instruction to the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A generational chain: teacher to disciple to son/grandson, each handing a palm-leaf manuscript labeled ‘Rudrādhyāya’; a soft shower of light signifies prasāda; the manuscript glows as ‘veda-sāra’.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Vedas
• Rudrādhyāya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma and liberating knowledge endure through disciplined continuity—lineage, memory, and reverent preservation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the continuity of sacred tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it supports faithful preservation, study, and transmission of Rudrādhyāya.