Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्कुण्डे च सांनिध्यं भविष्यति सदा मम । कार्त्तिके शुक्लपक्षस्य चतुर्दश्यां सुरोत्तमाः

Transliteration

asminkuṇḍe ca sāṃnidhyaṃ bhaviṣyati sadā mama | kārttike śuklapakṣasya caturdaśyāṃ surottamāḥ

Translation

ณ กุณฑ์ (สระศักดิ์สิทธิ์) นี้ ความสถิตของเราจักดำรงอยู่เสมอ โอ้เหล่าเทพผู้ประเสริฐ ในวันจตุรทศีแห่งศุกลปักษ์ เดือนการ์ตติกะ…

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कुण्डे)

• कुण्डे: in the pool
• कुण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सांनिध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सांनिध्यम्: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• कार्त्तिके: in (the month of) Kārttika
• कार्त्तिके: Adhikaraṇa (time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• शुक्लपक्षस्य: of the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (शुक्लः पक्षः)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• सुरोत्तमाः: the best of the gods
• सुरोत्तमाः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सुरेषु उत्तमाः)

Speaker

Brahmā (implied from narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: surottamāḥ (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assurance scene at Brahmakuṇḍa: an unseen but palpable presence sanctifies the waters; the sky shows a bright lunar fortnight marker, indicating Kārttika śukla caturdaśī; gods listen attentively as the vow of perpetual presence is proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Kārttika (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Kārttika) and sacred place (Brahmakuṇḍa) combine to intensify spiritual merit through divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa in Ayodhyā, where Brahmā’s presence is declared to be continual.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A calendrical indication is begun: Kārttika, bright fortnight, fourteenth tithi (caturdaśī) as an auspicious occasion (details continue in the next verse).