Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सनातनेन मुनिना सनकेन च धीमता । सनत्कुमारनाम्ना च नारदेन महात्मना

Transliteration

sanātanena muninā sanakena ca dhīmatā | sanatkumāranāmnā ca nāradena mahātmanā

Translation

Il était entouré du muni éternel Sanātana, du sage Sanaka, de celui qu’on nomme Sanatkumāra, et du magnanime Nārada.

Word by Word

• सनातनेन: by Sanātana (sage)
• सनातनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सनकेन: by Sanaka
• सनकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• धीमता: by the wise one
• धीमता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सनकेन इत्यस्य)

• सनत्कुमारनाम्ना: by (one) named Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारनाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्कुमार + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—सनत्कुमारस्य नाम (name of Sanatkumāra)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नारदेन इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (assembly of sages at Naimiṣāraṇya—standard Sūta frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A semicircle of youthful, ascetic Sanakādi sages with matted locks or simple topknots, seated near Brahmā; Nārada stands with vīṇā, poised as a divine messenger; the assembly glows with quiet austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Sanātana
• Sanaka
• Sanatkumāra
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest truths are preserved and transmitted through realized sages who gather around dharmic authority with humility and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it describes the venerable participants of Brahmā’s assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the emphasis is on satsanga—association with sages—as a dharmic ideal.