Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

भृगुरत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च गौतमोऽथ तथांगिराः । पुलस्त्यश्च क्रतुश्चैव प्रह्लादः कर्द्दमस्तथा

Transliteration

bhṛguratrirvasiṣṭhaśca gautamo'tha tathāṃgirāḥ | pulastyaśca kratuścaiva prahlādaḥ karddamastathā

Translation

ที่นั่นมีฤๅษีภฤคุ อตริ และวสิษฐะ; มีโคตมะและอังคิรสด้วย; ทั้งปุลัสตยะและกรตุ ตลอดจนประหลาทะและกรทมะก็อยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• bhṛguḥ: Bhṛgu
• bhṛguḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• atriḥ: Atri
• atriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• gautamaḥ: Gautama
• gautamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Sequencing/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (then/also)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (so/likewise)

• aṅgirāḥ: the Aṅgirases (Aṅgiras lineage)
• aṅgirāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• kratuḥ: Kratu
• kratuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• prahlādaḥ: Prahlāda
• prahlādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahlāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• karddamaḥ: Karddama
• karddamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karddama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic frame; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rows of venerable sages with matted locks and ascetic garments seated in a radiant hall; Prahlāda stands or sits with folded hands among them, indicating devotion amidst Vedic authority.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Atri
• Vasiṣṭha
• Gautama
• Aṅgiras
• Pulastya
• Kratu
• Prahlāda
• Kardama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The presence of great ṛṣis and exemplars signals that sacred places become living centers of dharma through the company of realized beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the backdrop; the verse highlights the sanctified assembly rather than a specific named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an enumeration of revered figures attending the divine gathering.