Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

वडोद्रीयान्वये जाताश्चत्वारः प्रवराः स्मृताः । कुशः कुत्सश्च वत्सश्च भारद्वाजस्तथैव च

Transliteration

vaḍodrīyānvaye jātāścatvāraḥ pravarāḥ smṛtāḥ | kuśaḥ kutsaśca vatsaśca bhāradvājastathaiva ca

Translation

ในวงศ์วโฑทรียะ มีปรวระสี่ประการที่จดจำกันคือ กุศะ กุตสะ วัตสะ และภารทวาชะด้วย

Word by Word

• वडोद्रीय: in the Vaḍodrīya lineage
• वडोद्रीय: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वडोद्रीय (प्रातिपदिक; वंश/गोत्र-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम् (आन्वये इति पदेन सह—‘वडोद्रीये आन्वये’)

• अन्वये: in the lineage
• अन्वये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम्

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (born)

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्; संख्या-शब्दः

• प्रवराः: chief sages / pravaras
• प्रवराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्

• स्मृताः: are remembered/are stated
• स्मृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृत (कृदन्त; √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः, कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (are remembered/are said)

• कुशः: Kuśa
• कुशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• कुत्सः: Kutsa
• कुत्सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुत्स (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

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

• वत्सः: Vatsa
• वत्सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

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

• भारद्वाजः: Bhāradvāja
• भारद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (adverb: likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator enumerates pravaras to attentive students; palm-leaf manuscripts and a ritual fire are nearby, indicating the practical use of lineage recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Vaḍodrīya
• Kuśa
• Kutsa
• Vatsa
• Bhāradvāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual life is rooted in remembrance—honoring ṛṣi-ancestors sustains dharma and sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on Vaḍodrīya lineage pravaras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse supplies the four pravaras to be invoked when performing Vedic rites for this lineage.