Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

सेवितं सर्वदेवैश्च सिद्धचारणकिन्नरैः । सनकादि महायोगिमुनिवृंदनिषेवितम्

Transliteration

sevitaṃ sarvadevaiśca siddhacāraṇakinnaraiḥ | sanakādi mahāyogimunivṛṃdaniṣevitam

Translation

Il est fréquenté par tous les dieux, par les Siddhas, les Cāraṇas et les Kinnaras, et il est aussi honoré par la multitude des grands sages yogins, à commencer par Sanaka.

Word by Word

• सेवितम्: served, frequented
• सेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘served/visited’ (qualifying tīrtha)

• सर्व-देवैः: by all the gods
• सर्व-देवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः — ‘all the gods’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• सिद्ध-चारण-किन्नरैः: by Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and Kinnaras
• सिद्ध-चारण-किन्नरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + चारण (प्रातिपदिक) + किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः — ‘Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Kinnaras’

• सनक-आदि: Sanaka and others
• सनक-आदि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (समूहवाचक); तत्पुरुषः — ‘Sanaka and others’ (collective)

• महायोगि-मुनि-वृन्द-निषेवितम्: served by a host of great yogi-sages
• महायोगि-मुनि-वृन्द-निषेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + वृन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + नि + सेव् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः — ‘(tīrtha) served by the multitude of great yogi-sages’; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative dialogue context within Setukhaṇḍa; a guide/instructor addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial gathering at the coastal tīrtha: devas in radiant forms, siddhas hovering, cāraṇas singing, kinnaras with instruments, and Sanaka-like kumāras seated in meditation near the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• Kinnaras
• Sanaka
• Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is affirmed by the presence of realized beings and divine attendants who continually honor it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha, praised as a gathering-place for gods and sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s living sanctity through constant visitation by exalted beings.