Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

जातूकर्ण्यस्तथा कुंतो वशिष्ठो ११ धारणस्तथा

Transliteration

jātūkarṇyastathā kuṃto vaśiṣṭho 11 dhāraṇastathā

Translation

Gayundin, naroon sina Jātūkarṇya at si Kuṃta; si Vasiṣṭha (ang ikalabing-isa), at si Dhāraṇa rin.

Word by Word

• जातूकर्ण्यः: Jātūkarṇya (proper name)
• जातूकर्ण्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातूकर्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: and/also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (conjunctive/sequence marker)

• कुंतः: Kuṃta (proper name)
• कुंतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुंत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वशिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha (proper name)
• वशिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• धारणः: Dhāraṇa (proper name)
• धारणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: and/also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (conjunctive/sequence marker)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrative convention in Brāhma Khaṇḍa lists)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm forest hermitage panorama: multiple ṛṣis seated in small clearings, each marked by a simple kuṭīra and sacred fire; a narrator points to a mental map of abodes.

Characters & Entities

• Jātūkarṇya
• Kuṃta
• Vasiṣṭha
• Dhāraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are upheld by the presence and austerity of ṛṣis; remembering them is itself a dhārmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is being framed through its associated sages; this verse continues the ṛṣi-list rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; it functions as a sanctifying enumeration (smaraṇa) within the Māhātmya.