Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

सततं लोकरक्षार्थं संनिधानं करोमि वै । अस्यां मत्संनिधानात्ते तथान्येषामपि द्विज

Transliteration

satataṃ lokarakṣārthaṃ saṃnidhānaṃ karomi vai | asyāṃ matsaṃnidhānātte tathānyeṣāmapi dvija

Translation

Demi perlindungan berterusan bagi segala alam, sesungguhnya Aku menegakkan kehadiran-Ku yang tetap di sini. Wahai brāhmaṇa, dengan kehadiran-Ku di tempat ini, perlindungan dan keberkatan datang kepadamu—dan juga kepada yang lain.

Word by Word

• सततम्: always, continually
• सततम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb)

• लोक-रक्षा-अर्थम्: for the protection of the world
• लोक-रक्षा-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; अर्थम् इति द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयुक्तम्, अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोजनार्थे (for the sake of)

• संनिधानम्: presence, proximity
• संनिधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• करोमि: I do, I make
• करोमि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle), निश्चयार्थक

• अस्याम्: in this (place)
• अस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मत्-संनिधानात्: from my presence
• मत्-संनिधानात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-सम्बद्ध/प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: my presence); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी बहुवचनरूपम्; अत्र चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान) बहुवचन (to you all)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle), समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Viṣṇu (implied, as Viṣṇucakra is central in the passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (dvija)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity (implied Viṣṇu/Divine guardian presence) declares perpetual residence at a coastal tīrtha; a brāhmaṇa/sage listens beside a sacred tank, with the sea and Setu horizon in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Dvija (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence at a tīrtha is upheld as an active force for protecting the world and uplifting devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage context points to Dharmapuṣkariṇī/Cakratīrtha in the Setukhaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it establishes the doctrine of the deity’s continuous presence at the site.