Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

जातूकर्ण्यस्तथा कुंतो वशिष्ठो ११ धारणस्तथा

Transliteration

jātūkarṇyastathā kuṃto vaśiṣṭho 11 dhāraṇastathā

Translation

اسی طرح جاتوکرنْی اور کُنت؛ (گیارھویں) وشیِشٹھ اور دھارَن بھی ہیں۔

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.