Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

भारद्वाजस्तथा वत्सः कौशिकः कुश एव च । शांडिल्यः काश्यपश्चैव गौतमश्छांधनस्तथा

Transliteration

bhāradvājastathā vatsaḥ kauśikaḥ kuśa eva ca | śāṃḍilyaḥ kāśyapaścaiva gautamaśchāṃdhanastathā

Translation

ภารทวาชะ วัตสะ เกาศิกะ และกุศะ; ศาณฑิลยะ กาศยปะ โคตมะ และจามธนะ—เหล่านี้คือโคตรที่ได้เอ่ยนามไว้

Word by Word

• bhāradvājaḥ: Bhāradvāja
• bhāradvājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāradvāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (and/also)

• vatsaḥ: Vatsa
• vatsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kauśikaḥ: Kauśika
• kauśikaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauśika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kuśaḥ: Kuśa
• kuśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

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

• śāṃḍilyaḥ: Śāṃḍilya
• śāṃḍilyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṃḍilya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāśyapaḥ: Kāśyapa
• kāśyapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

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

• chāṃdhanaḥ: Chāṃdhana
• chāṃdhanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāṃdhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (and also)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma-seeking audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher points to a written list of gotras—Bhāradvāja, Vatsa, Kauśika, Kuśa, Śāṇḍilya, Kāśyapa, Gautama, Chāṃdhana—while students repeat in chorus.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāradvāja
• Vatsa
• Kauśika
• Kuśa
• Śāṇḍilya
• Kāśyapa
• Gautama
• Chāṃdhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse preserves dharma by naming revered ṛṣi-lineages that ground ritual identity and sacred memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

These lineages are presented within the Dharmāraṇya narrative, supporting its sanctity as a Vedic settlement-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is part of a genealogical/ritual-identity enumeration (gotra/pravaras).