Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

हाथीजणे च ये जाता वत्सा भारद्वाजास्तथा । ज्ञानजा यक्षिणी चैव गोत्रदेव्यौ प्रकी र्तिते

Transliteration

hāthījaṇe ca ye jātā vatsā bhāradvājāstathā | jñānajā yakṣiṇī caiva gotradevyau prakī rtite

Translation

และผู้ที่เกิดในหาถีชณะนั้น คือพวกวัตสะ และเช่นเดียวกันพวกภารทวาชะ; ณ ที่นั้น “ญาณชา” และ “ยักษิณี” ได้ประกาศเป็นโคตรเทวีทั้งสอง

Word by Word

• हाथीजणे: in/among the Hāthījaṇa (group/place)
• हाथीजणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाथीजण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (PPP) पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• वत्साः: Vatsas (people of Vatsa)
• वत्साः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• भारद्वाजाः: Bhāradvājas (descendants of Bharadvāja)
• भारद्वाजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya/Prakāra
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• ज्ञानजाः: Jñānajas (a group/name)
• ज्ञानजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘ज्ञान-ज’ (ज्ञानात् जाताः/ज्ञानसम्बन्धिनः)

• यक्षिणी: Yakṣiṇī (name)
• यक्षिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्षिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• गोत्रदेव्यौ: the two Gotradevīs
• गोत्रदेव्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्रदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, द्विवचनम्; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘गोत्र-देवी’

• प्रकीर्तिते: are proclaimed/are mentioned
• प्रकीर्तिते: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), द्विवचनम् (Dual), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a king; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāthījaṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like narrative scene: the teacher points to a stylized grove labeled Hāthījaṇa; two groups of brāhmaṇas (Vatsa and Bhāradvāja) stand near twin shrines—one to Jñānajā (serene, book/rosary symbolism) and one to Yakṣiṇī (guardian, auspicious yet liminal).

Characters & Entities

• Hāthījaṇa
• Vatsa
• Bhāradvāja
• Jñānajā
• Yakṣiṇī
• Gotra-devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma preserves social-spiritual order by recording lineages alongside their protecting deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya context is retained; this verse points to a sub-locality/community (Hāthījaṇa) rather than a famous pan-Indian tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it implies gotra-devī reverence and correct lineage identification in rites.