Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

शीतवाडिया ये प्रोक्ताः कुशो वत्सस्तथैव च । विश्वामित्रो देवरातस्तृतीयो दलमेव च

Transliteration

śītavāḍiyā ye proktāḥ kuśo vatsastathaiva ca | viśvāmitro devarātastṛtīyo dalameva ca

Translation

ผู้ที่เรียกว่า ‘ศีตวาฑิยา’ ได้ถูกกล่าวถึงแล้ว ทั้ง ‘กุศะ’ และ ‘วัตสะ’ ด้วย ‘วิศวามิตร’ และ ‘เทวราต’ ก็ได้ระบุไว้ และลำดับที่สามคือ ‘ทละ’ เช่นกัน

Word by Word

• शीतवाडियाः: Śītavāḍiyās (a group/name)
• शीतवाडियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीतवाडिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समूह/वंश-नाम), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; नाम (proper)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• प्रोक्ताः: were declared
• प्रोक्ताः: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘said/declared’

• कुशः: Kuśa
• कुशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper)

• वत्सः: Vatsa
• वत्सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/particle (emphasis)

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

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम; समासः (विश्वरूपेण मित्रः/विश्वस्य मित्रः)

• देवरातः: Devarāta
• देवरातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम; समासः (देवेन रातः/देव-रात)

• तृतीयः: third
• तृतीयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• दलम्: Dala (name)
• दलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नाम (proper/term)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/particle (emphasis)

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

Speaker

Narrator (contextual genealogical enumerator; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter points to three grouped names on a manuscript; behind him appear symbolic portraits of Viśvāmitra and Devarāta as sage-figures, indicating transmission of lineages.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa
• Vatsa
• Viśvāmitra
• Devarāta
• Dala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering ṛṣis and their lines is treated as a dharmic duty that anchors society in sacred memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity is implied through its preserved lineages; no single named tirtha is singled out in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a classificatory verse listing names/branches.