Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

भार्गवश्च्यवनाप्नुवानौर्वश्च जमदग्निकः । पंचैते प्रवरा राजन्विख्याता लोकविश्रुताः

Transliteration

bhārgavaścyavanāpnuvānaurvaśca jamadagnikaḥ | paṃcaite pravarā rājanvikhyātā lokaviśrutāḥ

Translation

大王啊，这五位——婆尔伽婆（Bhārgava）、支耶婆那（Cyavana）、阿普努瓦那（Āpnuvāna）、乌尔瓦（Urva）与阇摩达格尼耶（Jāmadagnya）——乃著名的“普罗伐罗”（Pravara），为世间广为传颂。

Word by Word

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava (a sage/lineage name)
• भार्गवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• च्यवन: Cyavana
• च्यवन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cyavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

• आप्नुवान: Āpnuvāna
• आप्नुवान: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āpnuvāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

• उर्वः: Urva
• उर्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम; -a stem irregular nominative in -ḥ)

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

• जमदग्निकः: Jāmadagnika (descendant of Jamadagni)
• जमदग्निकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jamadagni-ka (प्रातिपदिक; जमदग्नि + क)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्या (numeral), अव्ययस्वरूप; ‘एते’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• प्रवराः: chief/foremost (Pravaras)
• प्रवराः: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• विख्याताः: renowned
• विख्याताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-khyā (धातु) + ta (क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘प्रवराः/एते’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• लोकविश्रुताः: famous in the world
• लोकविश्रुताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka + vi-śruta (प्रातिपदिक; लोक + विश्रुत)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/संबन्ध-तत्पुरुष (लोके विश्रुताः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal listener is addressed while a sage enumerates five famed Bhṛgu-line pravaras; the atmosphere is that of a quiet forest-āśrama or courtly sabhā with palm-leaf manuscripts and sacrificial implements nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava
• Cyavana
• Āpnuvāna
• Urva
• Jāmadagnya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved through remembrance of sacred lineage (pravara), linking ritual life to revered ṛṣis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is praised in this verse; it focuses on pravara tradition within the Dharmāraṇya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it supports pravara-recitation used in saṃskāras and Vedic rites for lineage declaration.