Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एक एव ऋषिर्यत्र प्रवरेष्वनुवर्तते । तावत्समानगोत्रत्वमृते भृग्वंगिरोगणात्

Transliteration

eka eva ṛṣiryatra pravareṣvanuvartate | tāvatsamānagotratvamṛte bhṛgvaṃgirogaṇāt

Translation

ప్రవరాలలో ఒకే ఒక్క ఋషి-నామం కూడా సామ్యంగా కొనసాగితే, అంతవరకు గోత్రసామ్యం ఉన్నదిగా భావించాలి—కాని భృగు మరియు ఆంగిరస గణాల విషయంలో శాస్త్రసిద్ధమైన ప్రత్యేక అపవాదం ఉంది.

Word by Word

• एकः: one
• एकः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ऋषिः)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ऋषिः: a seer (ṛṣi)
• ऋषिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• प्रवरेषु: in the pravaras (lineage seers)
• प्रवरेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• अनुवर्तते: continues/follows (is found)
• अनुवर्तते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तावत्: so long/that far
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक-अव्यय (so long/that much)

• समान-गोत्रत्वम्: same-gotra status
• समान-गोत्रत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक) + गोत्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ऋते: except
• ऋते: Apadana (Exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते (अव्यय)
• Form: अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (except/without)

• भृगु-अङ्गिरस्-गणात्: from the Bhṛgu–Aṅgiras group
• भृगु-अङ्गिरस्-गणात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘भृग्वङ्गिरोगणात्’ = from the Bhṛgu-Aṅgiras group

Speaker

Unspecified (general rule stated within the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher draws a simple diagram of overlapping circles labeled with ṛṣi-names; one circle is marked ‘Bhṛgu’ and another ‘Aṅgiras’ with a note ‘apavāda’ (exception).

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Aṅgiras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lineage is to be treated with precision in dharma; even partial overlap in pravara is morally consequential for marriage rules.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a technical dharma guideline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A rule for determining gotra-sameness via pravara overlap, used to avoid prohibited marriages.