Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तत्र गोत्रं कुशं कुत्सं भारद्वाजं तथैव च । राज्ञः पुरं नवमं च भारद्वाजप्रवरमेव च ९

Transliteration

tatra gotraṃ kuśaṃ kutsaṃ bhāradvājaṃ tathaiva ca | rājñaḥ puraṃ navamaṃ ca bhāradvājapravarameva ca 9

Translation

ਉੱਥੇ ਗੋਤਰ ਕੁਸ਼, ਕੁਤਸ ਅਤੇ ਭਾਰਦਵਾਜ ਵੀ ਹਨ। ਅਤੇ ਰਾਜ्ञಃਪੁਰ ਨੌਵਾਂ ਨਗਰ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਵਰ ਭਾਰਦਵਾਜ ਹੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place: there)

• gotram: gotra/lineage
• gotram: Karma/Predicate-Nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kuśam: Kuśa
• kuśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• kutsam: Kutsa
• kutsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kutsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• bhāradvājam: Bhāradvāja
• bhāradvājam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāradvāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Connector (समुच्चय/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• puram: city
• puram: Karma/Predicate-Nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• navamam: ninth
• navamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

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

• bhāradvājapravaram: Bhāradvāja-pravara
• bhāradvājapravaram: Karma/Predicate-Nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāradvāja-pravara (प्रातिपदिक; भारद्वाज + प्रवर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhāradvājasya pravaram)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rājñaḥpura (Śrīkṣetra locality)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic sacred townscape: the teacher lists gotras (Kuśa, Kutsa, Bhāradvāja) for a locality, then points to ‘Rājñaḥpura’ as the ninth, marked with Bhāradvāja pravara—like a charter of sacred administration.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa
• Kutsa
• Bhāradvāja
• Rājñaḥpura
• Gotra
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced with precision: sacred places and their communities are remembered through the lineage systems that support ritual correctness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rājñaḥpura is identified as the ninth sacred settlement in the Dharmāraṇya sequence, with Bhāradvāja-pravara noted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse specifies gotras and a pravara (Bhāradvāja-pravara), information typically required in saṅkalpa and other dharmic rites.