Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अत्रिर्भृगुस्तथा कुत्सो गौतमश्च पराशरः । कण्वोऽगस्त्यः सुतीक्ष्णश्च विश्वामित्रादयोऽपरे

Transliteration

atrirbhṛgustathā kutso gautamaśca parāśaraḥ | kaṇvo'gastyaḥ sutīkṣṇaśca viśvāmitrādayo'pare

Translation

ฤๅษีอัตริ ฤๅษีภฤคุ กุตสะ โคตมะ และปราศระ; กัณวะ อคัสตยะ และสุทีกษณะ; และท่านอื่น ๆ อีก—วิศวามิตรเป็นต้น—ล้วนมาถึงที่นั้น

Word by Word

• अत्रिः: Atri
• अत्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• कुत्सः: Kutsa
• कुत्सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

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

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

• कण्वः: Kaṇva
• कण्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अगस्त्यः: Agastya
• अगस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुतीक्ष्णः: Sutīkṣṇa
• सुतीक्ष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• विश्वामित्रादयः: Viśvāmitra and others
• विश्वामित्रादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘विश्वामित्रः आदिः येषां ते’ (आदि-समास/तत्पुरुष)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘others’ (appositive to previous group)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Rāma-datta-vara tīrtha context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of venerable sages—Atri, Bhṛgu, Gautama, Parāśara, Kaṇva, Agastya, Sutīkṣṇa, Viśvāmitra—seated on kuśa mats near the shore, with kamaṇḍalus and japa-mālās, facing the tīrtha waters and Setu stones.

Characters & Entities

• Atri
• Bhṛgu
• Kutsa
• Gautama
• Parāśara
• Kaṇva
• Agastya
• Sutīkṣṇa
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The authority of a tīrtha is confirmed by the presence of great ṛṣis, linking pilgrimage with Vedic lineage and tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha in Setukhaṇḍa, near the Setu sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes tīrtha visitation by renowned sages.