Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

इध्मवाहाभिधो नाम्ना तस्य भार्या रुचिंस्तथा । बभूव तस्य तनयो दुर्विनीताभिधो द्विजः

Transliteration

idhmavāhābhidho nāmnā tasya bhāryā ruciṃstathā | babhūva tasya tanayo durvinītābhidho dvijaḥ

Translation

ภรรยาของเขาชื่อ รุจิงส์ และตัวเขาเองมีนามว่า อิธมวาหะ ต่อมามีบุตรชายเกิดขึ้น เป็นพราหมณ์นามว่า ทุรวินีตะ

Word by Word

• इध्मवाहाभिधः: named Idhmavāha
• इध्मवाहाभिधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इध्मवाह-आभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इध्मवाह इति अभिधा यस्य (नामवाचक)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रुचिः: (named) Ruci
• रुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामवाचक

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

• बभूव: was, became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दुर्विनीताभिधः: named Durvinīta
• दुर्विनीताभिधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्विनीत-आभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; दुर्विनीत इति अभिधा यस्य (नामवाचक)

• द्विजः: a Brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ब्राह्मणपर्याय

Speaker

Durvāsā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A South Indian Brāhmaṇa household is introduced: Idhmavāha, his wife Ruciṃs, and their son Durvinīta—domestic calm with an undercurrent of future moral tension.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Idhmavāha
• Ruciṃs
• Durvinīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often begin moral instruction by grounding it in lineage and household life, showing how choices within family shape dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse introduces characters within Setukhaṇḍa, which culminates in Setu/Rāmeśvaram-oriented sacred merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides names and relationships.