Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

अगस्तिदर्विश्वेताश्व दध्यवाहनसंज्ञकाः । अस्मिन्गोत्रे च ये जाता धर्मकर्मसमाश्रिताः

Transliteration

agastidarviśvetāśva dadhyavāhanasaṃjñakāḥ | asmingotre ca ye jātā dharmakarmasamāśritāḥ

Translation

अगस्तिदर्विश्वेताश्वदध्यवाहनसंज्ञकाः। अस्मिन्गोत्रे च ये जाता धर्मकर्मसमाश्रिताः॥

Word by Word

• अगस्ति: Agasti (name)
• अगस्ति: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-निर्देश (नामनिर्देश; समासाङ्ग/सूचीपद)

• दर्वि: Darvī (name)
• दर्वि: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darvi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-निर्देश (नामनिर्देश; समासाङ्ग/सूचीपद)

• श्वेताश्व: Śvetāśva (name)
• श्वेताश्व: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta + aśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-निर्देश (नामनिर्देश); समासः—कर्मधारय

• दध्यवाहनसंज्ञकाः: called Dadhyavāhana
• दध्यवाहनसंज्ञकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dadhyavāhana + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (dadhyavāhana-iti saṃjñā yeṣām)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• गोत्रे: in the gotra/lineage
• गोत्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (प्रातिपदिक); √jan (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• धर्मकर्मसमाश्रिताः: devoted to righteous duties and rites
• धर्मकर्मसमाश्रिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma + karma + samāśrita (प्रातिपदिक); √śri (धातु) उपसर्ग-sam-ā
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (dharma-karmāṇi samāśritāḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lineage scroll or recitation naming Agasti, Darviśvetaśva, Dadhyavāhana; figures shown choosing dharma—helping others, performing rites with integrity.

Characters & Entities

• Agasti (Agastya-line name)
• Dharma
• Gotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True nobility of lineage is shown by reliance on dharma and righteous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named; the verse continues a gotra/lineage catalogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the emphasis is on dharmic action as the basis of life.