Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तस्माच्च जातूकर्ण्येन तस्माच्चैव महर्षिभिः । एवं परम्पराप्रोक्तं शतसंख्यैर्द्विजोत्तमैः

Transliteration

tasmācca jātūkarṇyena tasmāccaiva maharṣibhiḥ | evaṃ paramparāproktaṃ śatasaṃkhyairdvijottamaiḥ

Translation

จากท่านนั้น ชาตูกัรณยะได้รับไว้ และจากท่านนั้นอีก เหล่ามหาฤๅษีทั้งหลายได้รับสืบต่อ ดังนี้คำสอนนี้จึงถูกกล่าวตามสายสืบทอดโดยพราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐนับร้อย

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from him/therefrom
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

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

• जातूकर्ण्येन: by Jātūkarṇya
• जातूकर्ण्येन: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातूकर्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from him/therefrom
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• महर्षिभिः: by great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• परम्पराप्रोक्तम्: handed down in succession
• परम्पराप्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम्परा + प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वच्→प्रोक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त; समासः—परम्परा + प्रोक्त (तत्पुरुषः)

• शतसंख्यैः: numbering a hundred
• शतसंख्यैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—शत + संख्या (तत्पुरुषः)

• द्विजोत्तमैः: by the best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तमैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विज + उत्तम (तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad ṛṣi-sabha: Jātūkarṇya passing a manuscript to groups of sages; rows of dvijas with sacred threads, waterpots, and rosaries, indicating ‘hundreds’ through repetition and depth.

Characters & Entities

• Jātūkarṇya
• Maharṣis
• Dvijottamas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural authority is reinforced by continuous, careful transmission among realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the verse is about textual lineage rather than a particular sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it emphasizes teaching and learning within paramparā.