Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहाय तत्तीर्थे सन्निधत्ते सुदर्शनम् । अतः कुरुध्वं भो यूयं तं यज्ञं गंधमादने

Transliteration

anugrahāya tattīrthe sannidhatte sudarśanam | ataḥ kurudhvaṃ bho yūyaṃ taṃ yajñaṃ gaṃdhamādane

Translation

เพื่อประทานพระกรุณา สุทรรศนะสถิตอยู่ ณ ตีรถะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น ดังนั้น โอ้ท่านทั้งหลาย จงประกอบยัญญะนั้น ณ คันธมาทนะเถิด

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहाय: for favor / for grace
• अनुग्रहाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• तत्-तीर्थे: at that sacred ford/place
• तत्-तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् तीर्थम्)

• सन्निधत्ते: is present / abides nearby
• सन्निधत्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सन् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; धातु: धा, उपसर्ग: सम्/सन् (सन्नि-)

• सुदर्शनम्: Sudarśana (the discus/deity)
• सुदर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र कर्तृरूपे—वाक्ये कर्ता)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore)

• कुरुध्वम्: do (you all)
• कुरुध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-अव्यय (vocative particle)

• यूयम्: you (plural)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• गन्धमादने: at Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sudarśana-sannidhāna-tīrtha (within Gandhamādana)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The assembled performers (devas/ṛtvijas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Sudarśana presence is shown as a hovering chakra-mandala over a tīrtha on Gandhamādana; leaders exhort the group to perform the yajña there.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sudarśana
• Tīrtha (unnamed here)
• Gandhamādana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are living centers of divine presence; aligning one’s worship with that presence brings anugraha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha associated with Sudarśana is referenced, within the Gandhamādana sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the intended yajña at Gandhamādana, where Sudarśana is said to be present for granting grace.