Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कृष्णायनोपमन्युश्च गार्ग्यमुद्गलमौषकाः । पुण्यासनः पराशरः कौंडिन्यश्च ततः परम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇāyanopamanyuśca gārgyamudgalamauṣakāḥ | puṇyāsanaḥ parāśaraḥ kauṃḍinyaśca tataḥ param

Translation

กฤษณายนะและอุปมันยุ; เหล่าคาร์คยะ มุทคละ และเมาษกะ; ปุณยาสนะ ปราศระ; แล้วต่อจากนั้นคือเกาณฑินยะ

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇāyanaḥ: Kṛṣṇāyana
• kṛṣṇāyanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇāyana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• upamanyuḥ: Upamanyu
• upamanyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upamanyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• gārgya: Gārgya
• gārgya: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gārgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• udgala: Udgala
• udgala: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mauṣakāḥ: Mauṣakas (a group/name)
• mauṣakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mauṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• puṇyāsanaḥ: Puṇyāsana
• puṇyāsanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (puṇyasya āsanam / puṇya-āsana)

• parāśaraḥ: Parāśara
• parāśaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parāśara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kauṃḍinyaḥ: Kauṇḍinya
• kauṃḍinyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauṃḍinya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अपादानार्थक (thereafter/from that)

• param: further / next
• param: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative), क्रमवाचक

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The list continues with Kṛṣṇāyana, Upamanyu, Gārgya, Mudgala, Mauṣaka, Puṇyāsana, Parāśara, Kauṇḍinya—shown as a scroll unrolling, symbolizing branching lineages.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇāyana
• Upamanyu
• Gārgya
• Mudgala
• Mauṣaka
• Puṇyāsana
• Parāśara
• Kauṇḍinya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse reinforces the dharmic importance of remembering ṛṣi-lineages that anchor Vedic rites and community order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the narrative setting in which these gotras are recounted as part of its sacred profile.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the list supports ritual self-identification (e.g., in pravara/gotra recitations).