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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

ये च भिन्नप्रपाप्रायास्त्रैविद्या मोढवंशजाः । तथा चातुर्वेदिनश्च कुर्वंति गोत्रपूजनम्

Transliteration

ye ca bhinnaprapāprāyāstraividyā moḍhavaṃśajāḥ | tathā cāturvedinaśca kurvaṃti gotrapūjanam

Translation

ये च भिन्नाचारपराः त्रैविद्याः मोढवंशजाः, तथा चातुर्वेदिनश्च, ते सर्वे गोत्रपूजनं कुर्वन्ति।

Word by Word
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
भिन्न-प्रपा-प्रायाःmostly with separated/different water-sheds (i.e., of distinct prapā tradition)
भिन्न-प्रपा-प्रायाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभिन्न (कृदन्त, √भिद् + क्त) + प्रपा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्राय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (भिन्ना प्रपा येषां ते / भिन्नप्रपाप्राय)
त्रैविद्याःthose versed in the three Vedas/threefold knowledge
त्रैविद्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रैविद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
मोढ-वंश-जाःborn in the Moḍha lineage
मोढ-वंश-जाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमोढ (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √जन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मोढस्य वंशः; तस्मात् जाताः)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'likewise/so')
चातुर्वेदिनःthose who know the four Vedas
चातुर्वेदिनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचातुर्वेदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
कुर्वन्तिdo; perform
कुर्वन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
गोत्र-पूजनम्worship of the gotra (lineage)
गोत्र-पूजनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गोत्रस्य पूजनम्)
Speaker

Unspecified (narrative instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lineage-honoring worship: learned Brahmins reciting, a family altar with a small ṛṣi-symbol (pādukā or kuśa arrangement), offerings of water (tarpana) and flowers; subtle markers of regional attire indicating Moḍha tradition.

Characters & Entities
M
Moḍha (lineage)
V
Veda

FAQs

Vedic learning is joined with ancestral responsibility: honoring one’s gotra is presented as a dharmic observance.

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse discusses community/lineage practice within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

Gotra-pūjana—performing a rite of reverence to one’s gotra/ancestral lineage.

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