Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

मलिना मानिनश्चैव ज्योतिःशास्त्रविशारदाः । आत्रेयसगोत्रे ये जाताः पंचप्रवरसंयुताः

Transliteration

malinā māninaścaiva jyotiḥśāstraviśāradāḥ | ātreyasagotre ye jātāḥ paṃcapravarasaṃyutāḥ

Translation

习性不净而心怀傲慢，却精通《光明学》（jyotiḥśāstra，星占之学）；生于阿特利耶（Ātreya）氏族（gotra）者，据说与五位先祖圣贤（pravara）相应。

Word by Word

• malināḥ: impure/dirty
• malināḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: malina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• māninaḥ: proud
• māninaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• jyotiḥ-śāstra-viśāradāḥ: expert in the science of astrology
• jyotiḥ-śāstra-viśāradāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘ज्योतिःशास्त्रे विशारद’ (expert in astrology)

• ātreya-sa-gotre: in the Ātreya gotra
• ātreya-sa-gotre: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātreya (प्रातिपदिक) + sa-gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; गोत्रनिर्देश (in the Ātreya gotra)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• jātāḥ: born
• jātāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘jāta’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘born’ (predicative)

• pañca-pravara-saṃyutāḥ: endowed with five pravaras
• pañca-pravara-saṃyutāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + pravara (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-yuj (धातु) → saṃyuta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An astrologer-brāhmaṇa with a palm-leaf horoscope and a small gnomon/sundial sits proudly; beside him, a ritual fire and water-pot indicate dharmic context; a sage gestures toward cleanliness and humility.

Characters & Entities

• Ātreya (gotra)
• Jyotiḥśāstra
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Technical knowledge (even sacred sciences) must be joined with purity and humility to become truly dharmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the narrative locus; the verse catalogs lineages connected with the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; pravara-count matters for formal Vedic identifications during rites.