Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्यैः सेवितं सुरमानुषैः । सिद्धैर्यक्षैश्च मुनिभिः सेवितं सर्वतः शुभम्

Transliteration

brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyaiḥ sevitaṃ suramānuṣaiḥ | siddhairyakṣaiśca munibhiḥ sevitaṃ sarvataḥ śubham

Translation

ఈ సరస్సు బ్రహ్మ, విష్ణు, మహేశ్వరాది దేవతలచే సేవింపబడినది. దేవులు–మనుష్యులు, సిద్ధులు, యక్షులు, మునులు ఇక్కడికి వచ్చి పూజిస్తారు; ఇది సర్వతోముఖంగా శుభప్రదం, పుణ్యకరం.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्यैः: by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and others
• ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + विष्णु + महेश + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः, ततः ‘आदि’ इति पदेन सह ‘आद्य’ (आदि-शब्दान्त) बहुवचन-तृतीया

• सेवितम्: served, attended
• सेवितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सेवित’ = ‘served/attended’

• सुरमानुषैः: by gods and humans
• सुरमानुषैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः

• सिद्धैः: by Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यक्षैः: by Yakṣas
• यक्षैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सेवितम्: served
• सेवितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वतः: on all sides; entirely
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the place/thing implied)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; immediately followed by Yudhiṣṭhira’s question and Vyāsa’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed saras/tīrtha in Dharmāraṇyaka (as per this excerpt)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred lake/forest tīrtha with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa symbolically present; devas and humans on the banks; siddhas in the sky; yakṣas at the forest edge; sages in meditation—an all-auspicious panorama.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Maheśa (Śiva)
• Siddhas
• Yakṣas
• Munis (Sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely auspicious by divine and saintly association, inspiring faith and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred sarovara (lake) within the Dharmāraṇya context of the Brāhma Khaṇḍa (name clarified in surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s sanctity through who frequents it.