Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

देवतानां सुराणां च सिद्धानां योगिनां तथा । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवानां च सान्निध्यं सर्वदा स्थितम्

Transliteration

devatānāṃ surāṇāṃ ca siddhānāṃ yogināṃ tathā | brahmaviṣṇuśivānāṃ ca sānnidhyaṃ sarvadā sthitam

Translation

ಅಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವತೆಗಳೂ ಸುರರರೂ, ಸಿದ್ಧರೂ ಯೋಗಿಗಳೂ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ-ವಿಷ್ಣು-ಶಿವರ ಸಾನ್ನಿಧ್ಯವು ಸದಾ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿದೆ.

Word by Word

• देवतानाम्: of the deities
• देवतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• सुराणाम्: of the gods
• सुराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सिद्धानाम्: of the Siddhas
• सिद्धानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• योगिनाम्: of the yogins
• योगिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक/क्रियाविशेषण (also/likewise)

• ब्रह्म-विष्णु-शिवानाम्: of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva
• ब्रह्म-विष्णु-शिवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन (plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• स्थितम्: established, present
• स्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); सान्निध्यं विशेषयति

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Śiva
• Siddhas
• Yogins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is defined by divine proximity—where higher beings are said to be continually present, worship becomes especially fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same saṅgama tīrtha in Ayodhyā being described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides the theological basis for the tīrtha’s exceptional merit: perpetual divine presence.