Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

आदित्यो निरृतिश्चैव साध्याश्च वसवस्तथा । अन्येऽपि त्रिदशाः सर्वे विश्वेदेवादयस्तथा

Transliteration

ādityo nirṛtiścaiva sādhyāśca vasavastathā | anye'pi tridaśāḥ sarve viśvedevādayastathā

Translation

พระอาทิตยะ พระนิรฤติ เหล่าสาธยะ และเหล่าวสุ ทั้งเทพทั้งหลายอื่น ๆ ทั้งหมด รวมถึงวิศวเทวะ ก็เสด็จมาที่นั่นด้วย

Word by Word

• आदित्यः: Āditya (Sun)
• आदित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निरृतिः: Nirṛti
• निरृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (indeed/just)

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas
• साध्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवगण), प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवगण), प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात—समुच्चयार्थक

• त्रिदशाः: the gods (Tridaśas)
• त्रिदशाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; देवाः (thirty gods)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘tridaśāḥ’)

• विश्वेदेवाः: the Viśvedevas
• विश्वेदेवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वे (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘विश्वे देवाः’ इति कर्मधारयः

• आदयः: and others (beginning with them)
• आदयः: Sambandha (Appositive/Group marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ + यत्-प्रत्यय (आदयः = and others beginning with …)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Rāma-datta-vara tīrtha context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Successive waves of divine groups arrive: radiant Ādityas like a solar choir, stern Nirṛti as a shadowy presence subdued by the tīrtha’s purity, Sādhyas and Vasus in orderly ranks, Viśvedevas as a collective haloed host.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Nirṛti
• Sādhyas
• Vasus
• Tridaśas
• Viśvedevas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is portrayed as cosmically recognized, validating pilgrimage as a pan-divine dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha within the Setu landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse reinforces the tīrtha’s prestige through the attendance of divine hosts.