Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

सान्निध्यं कुर्वते नित्यं गन्धमादनपर्वते । उपवीतांतरं तीर्थं प्रोक्तवांश्चतुराननः

Transliteration

sānnidhyaṃ kurvate nityaṃ gandhamādanaparvate | upavītāṃtaraṃ tīrthaṃ proktavāṃścaturānanaḥ

Translation

ณเขาคันธมาทนะ พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงสถิตอยู่เป็นนิตย์ไม่ขาดสาย และทิรถะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นามว่า “อุปวีตานตระ” ได้ถูกประกาศโดยพระพรหมผู้มีสี่พักตร์

Word by Word

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; abstract noun (presence/nearby-ness)

• कुर्वते: (they) do, perform
• कुर्वते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गन्धमादनपर्वते: on/at the Gandhamādana mountain
• गन्धमादनपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (गन्धमादनः पर्वतः)

• उपवीतांतरम्: (the) Upavīta-antara (named)
• उपवीतांतरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवीत (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tīrtha)

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तवान्: having declared, said
• प्रोक्तवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्—क्तवतु (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• चतुराननः: the four-faced one (Brahmā)
• चतुराननः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—चत्वारि आननानि यस्य (Brahmā)

Speaker

Contextual narrator (Setukhaṇḍa discourse; likely Sūta relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Upavītāntara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas/śaunaka-group)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred mountain vista (Gandhamādana) with a luminous, unseen divine presence; a small tīrtha-pool/ford labeled Upavītāntara, with Brahmā (four-faced) indicating or proclaiming it to sages.

Characters & Entities

• Gandhamādana
• Upavītāntara Tīrtha
• Brahmā (Caturānana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is anchored in sacred geography; tīrthas are authoritative revelations that guide pilgrimage and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Upavītāntara Tīrtha, associated with Gandhamādana Mountain, within the Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse functions as a tīrtha-identification and glorification (māhātmya) statement.