Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

आंगिरसगोत्रे ये जाताः प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः । आंगिरसोंबरीषश्च यौवनाश्वस्तृतीयकः

Transliteration

āṃgirasagotre ye jātāḥ pravaratrayasaṃyutāḥ | āṃgirasoṃbarīṣaśca yauvanāśvastṛtīyakaḥ

Translation

ผู้ที่เกิดในโคตระอางคิรสะ (Āṅgirasa) ย่อมประกอบด้วยประวระสาม คือ อางคิรสะ, อัมพรีษะ และประวระที่สามคือ เยาวนาศวะ

Word by Word

• आङ्गिरसगोत्रे: in the Āṅgirasa lineage
• आङ्गिरसगोत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस-गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (प्रातिपदिक; जात < जन् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP)

• प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः: endowed with the three pravaras
• प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर-त्रय-संयुत (प्रातिपदिक; संयुत < युज् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण

• आङ्गिरस: Āṅgirasa
• आङ्गिरस: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• उम्बरीषः: Umbarīṣa
• उम्बरीषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उम्बरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

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

• यौवनाश्वः: Yauvanāśva
• यौवनाश्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवनाश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• तृतीयकः: the third
• तृतीयकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (ordinal/epithet)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual teacher recites pravaras before a sacred fire; names of ṛṣis appear as luminous syllables—Āṅgirasa, Ambarīṣa, Yauvanāśva.

Characters & Entities

• Āṅgirasa
• Ambarīṣa
• Yauvanāśva
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual identity and continuity of dharma are preserved through remembrance of rishi-ancestors (pravara) within a gotra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly glorified; the verse lists pravaras for a lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pravara listing is relevant to Vedic rites (pravara-pravacana) but no specific ceremony is instructed here.