Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

काश्यपश्चापवत्सारो रैभ्येति विश्रुतास्त्रयः । अस्मिन्गोत्रे भवा विप्रा रक्ताक्षाः क्रूरदृष्टयः

Transliteration

kāśyapaścāpavatsāro raibhyeti viśrutāstrayaḥ | asmingotre bhavā viprā raktākṣāḥ krūradṛṣṭayaḥ

Translation

กาศยปะ อาปวัตสาระ และไรภยะ—ทั้งสามนี้เลื่องลือว่าเป็นประวระ ในโคตรนี้เองมีพราหมณ์บางพวกตาแดง และมีสายตาแข็งกร้าว

Word by Word

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa
• काश्यपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

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

• अपवत्सारः: Apavatsāra
• अपवत्सारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apavatsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• रैभ्य: Raibhya
• रैभ्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raibhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (नाम)

• इति: thus/namely
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यादि-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• विश्रुताः: well-known
• विश्रुताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śru (धातु) + vi- + śruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle) ‘well-known’; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (संख्याशब्दः)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-शब्दः

• गोत्रे: in the lineage
• गोत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भवाः: those belonging/being
• भवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘those who are/occur’ (here: those belonging)

• विप्राः: Brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• रक्ताक्षाः: red-eyed
• रक्ताक्षाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः) ‘रक्त-आक्ष’ (= red-eyed); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• क्रूरदृष्टयः: having cruel looks
• क्रूरदृष्टयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krūra (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः) ‘क्रूर-दृष्टि’; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split tableau: above, three luminous ṛṣis labeled Kāśyapa, Āpavatsāra, Raibhya; below, a group of brāhmaṇas with striking red eyes and stern expressions, suggesting contrast between revered lineage and flawed temperament.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Āpavatsāra
• Raibhya
• Vipra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lineage markers (pravara) are noted, yet personal disposition can vary; dharma is not merely inherited but must be embodied.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is genealogical and descriptive.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, pravara remembrance is part of Vedic ritual identity, but no specific rite is instructed here.