Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च ये देवाः सान्निध्यं कुर्वते सदा । तीर्थेऽत्र धनुषः कोटौ नित्यमेव पितामहः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca ye devāḥ sānnidhyaṃ kurvate sadā | tīrthe'tra dhanuṣaḥ koṭau nityameva pitāmahaḥ

Translation

ഇവരും മറ്റു ദേവന്മാരും സദാ ഇവിടെ സാന്നിധ്യം പുലർത്തുന്നു. ഈ ധനുഷ്കോടി തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ പിതാമഹൻ ബ്രഹ്മാവും നിത്യമായി വിരാജിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

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

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

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

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural); सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

• sānnidhyam: presence
• sānnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sānnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• kurvate: make/maintain
• kurvate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु; कृ)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (present indicative, 3rd pl, Ātmanepada)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tīrthe: in the tīrtha
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neuter, locative singular)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• dhanuṣaḥ: of the bow
• dhanuṣaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (neuter, genitive singular)

• koṭau: at the tip/end
• koṭau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (feminine, locative singular)

• nityam: constantly
• nityam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे नपुंसक-एकवचन-रूपं; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'constantly')

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• pitāmahaḥ: Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Setukhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Dhanuṣkoṭi shore, a luminous, unseen circle of devas stands; above them Brahmā (Pitāmaha) appears seated on a lotus, indicating perpetual presence.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuṣkoṭi
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a place is authenticated through perpetual divine presence, making worship and pilgrimage especially potent there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes sānnidhya (divine presence) as the tīrtha’s hallmark.