Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च कश्यपः सुमहातपाः । भरद्वाजस्तथा चान्यो गौतमः संशितव्रतः । कौशिको जमदग्निश्च तथैवारुंधती सती

Transliteration

atriścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca kaśyapaḥ sumahātapāḥ | bharadvājastathā cānyo gautamaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | kauśiko jamadagniśca tathaivāruṃdhatī satī

Translation

Atri và Vasiṣṭha, cùng Kaśyapa bậc đại khổ hạnh; Bharadvāja và Gautama, người giữ giới nguyện kiên cố; Kauśika và Jamadagni, và cả Arundhatī hiền đức, bậc trinh hạnh.

Word by Word

• atriḥ: Atri
• atriḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphasis)

• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• kaśyapaḥ: Kaśyapa
• kaśyapaḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• su-mahā-tapāḥ: very great ascetics
• su-mahā-tapāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारयः (su-mahā-tapāḥ: very great ascetics)

• bharadvājaḥ: Bharadvāja
• bharadvājaḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharadvāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (thus/also)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• gautamaḥ: Gautama
• gautamaḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• saṃśita-vrataḥ: of strict vow
• saṃśita-vrataḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃśita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (saṃśita-vrata: one whose vow is sharpened/strict)

• kauśikaḥ: Kauśika (Viśvāmitra)
• kauśikaḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauśika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• jamadagniḥ: Jamadagni
• jamadagniḥ: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jamadagni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphasis)

• aruṃdhatī: Arundhatī
• aruṃdhatī: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aruṃdhatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• satī: the virtuous lady
• satī: Karta (Apposition/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal roll-call tableau: the sages seated or standing in a semicircle, each with distinctive attributes—Vasiṣṭha serene, Viśvāmitra intense, Jamadagni austere—Arundhatī beside Vasiṣṭha, all marked by tapas and dignity despite hunger.

Characters & Entities

• Atri
• Vasiṣṭha
• Kaśyapa
• Bharadvāja
• Gautama
• Kauśika
• Jamadagni
• Arundhatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual authority is marked by tapas (austerity) and saṃyama (disciplined vows), embodied by the revered ṛṣis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it identifies the sages central to the ensuing tīrtha-māhātmya episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as an identification of the principal figures.