Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

दक्षिणांभोनिधौ पुण्ये गंधमादनपर्वते । साध्यामृतमिति ख्यातं तीर्थमस्ति महत्तरम्

Transliteration

dakṣiṇāṃbhonidhau puṇye gaṃdhamādanaparvate | sādhyāmṛtamiti khyātaṃ tīrthamasti mahattaram

Translation

പുണ്യമായ ദക്ഷിണസമുദ്രത്തിൽ ഗന്ധമാദനപർവതത്തിൽ ‘സാധ്യാമൃതം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ അതിമഹത്തായ തീർത്ഥം ഉണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• दक्षिण: southern
• दक्षिण: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (adjective) — ‘in the southern’ (locative qualifier)

• अम्भः-निधौ: in the ocean
• अम्भः-निधौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भः (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative) — अम्भसः निधिः ‘ocean’

• पुण्ये: holy, sacred
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् — qualifying the locus (ocean/mountain) as holy

• गन्धमादन-पर्वते: on Mount Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादन-पर्वते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः — ‘Gandhamādana (named) mountain’

• साध्य-अमृतम्: (the tīrtha called) Sādhyāmṛta
• साध्य-अमृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः — ‘Sādhya-amṛta’ (name of the tīrtha)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: renowned, called
• ख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘renowned/called’

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अस्ति: exists, is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महत्तरम्: greater, very great
• महत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative) — ‘greater’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous ocean-edge tīrtha on a fragrant mountain named Gandhamādana; pilgrims and sages approach a shining bathing spot, with the sea as a vast sacred boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣiṇāmbhonidhi (Southern Ocean)
• Gandhamādana
• Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are not merely locations; they are vessels of extraordinary merit (puṇya) revered in Purāṇic tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha, situated near the southern ocean and associated with Mount Gandhamādana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse introduces the tīrtha’s greatness, elaborated later through the act of bathing (snāna).