Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

गच्छंति सर्वदा देवा नारायणस्तथर्षयः । ऋषयो वालखिल्याश्च योनिजायोनिजास्तथा

Transliteration

gacchaṃti sarvadā devā nārāyaṇastatharṣayaḥ | ṛṣayo vālakhilyāśca yonijāyonijāstathā

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นเหล่าเทพยดามาเนืองนิตย์; พระนารายณ์ก็เสด็จมา และเหล่าฤๅษีทั้งหลาย—ทั้งฤๅษีวาลขิลยะ และผู้เกิดจากครรภ์กับผู้มิได้เกิดจากครรภ์—ก็มาด้วย

Word by Word

• गच्छन्ति: (they) go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (Linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (particle: 'also/likewise')

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वालखिल्याः: Vālakhilya sages
• वालखिल्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (Linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• योनिजाः: womb-born beings
• योनिजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनिज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अयोनिजाः: non-womb-born beings
• अयोनिजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोनिज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (Linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (particle: 'also/likewise')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma (personified) and the gathered beings (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous forest-kṣetra where devas descend, Nārāyaṇa appears in serene majesty, and diverse ṛṣis—Vālakhilyas (tiny ascetics) and other sages—stand in reverent clusters beneath sacred trees.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Nārāyaṇa
• Ṛṣis
• Vālakhilyas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha draws both divine and sage lineages, indicating its power to support realization and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is presented as a perpetual meeting-ground of devas, Nārāyaṇa, and multiple classes of ṛṣis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the verse supports pilgrimage, darśana, and satsanga (holy association) as implied practices.