Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

चतुर्थं शीहोलियाग्रामं गोत्रद्वित यमेव च । विश्वामित्रदेवराततृतीयौदलमेव च

Transliteration

caturthaṃ śīholiyāgrāmaṃ gotradvita yameva ca | viśvāmitradevarātatṛtīyaudalameva ca

Translation

چوتھا گاؤں ‘شیہولیا’ کہلاتا ہے؛ وہاں بھی گوتر کی ایک جوڑی ہے۔ اور تیسرا ویِشوامِتر اور دیورَات کا کہا گیا ہے، جسے ‘اودل’ بھی کہا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (fourth)

• शीहोलिया: Śīholiyā (name)
• शीहोलिया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीहोलिया (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रामनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गोत्रद्वितम्: the second gotra/group
• गोत्रद्वितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गोत्राणां द्वितम् = second set/second)

• यम्: which
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (which/that)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed/only)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विश्वामित्रदेवराततृतीयौदलम्: the group: Viśvāmitra, Devarāta, Tṛtīya, Udala
• विश्वामित्रदेवराततृतीयौदलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देवरात (प्रातिपदिक) + तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + उदल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (विश्वामित्र-देवरात-तृतीय-उदल-समूहः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śīholiyā-grāma

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator points out a village on a stylized map/landscape; two gotra banners or emblems are shown; sages Viśvāmitra and Devarāta are depicted as ancestral icons hovering or seated in a lineage shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Devarāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are remembered through the dharmic lineages (gotras) and rishi-traditions that preserve ritual life there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A settlement-region within Dharmāraṇya is mapped via villages like Śīholiyā; the verse functions as sacred-geographical cataloguing rather than praising a single bathing-tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse identifies villages and gotra affiliations important for ritual identity.