Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तस्मादेतां पूजयेत्तु मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः । डाकिन्याद्या न सर्पंति हरसिद्धेरनंतरम्

Transliteration

tasmādetāṃ pūjayettu manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ | ḍākinyādyā na sarpaṃti harasiddheranaṃtaram

Translation

فلذلك ينبغي أن تُعبَد بقلبٍ ولسانٍ وجسدٍ وعمل؛ فعند حضور هاراسِدّهي (Harasiddhi) لا تقترب الداكينيّات وأمثالهنّ.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore; from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति तद्धित-प्रयोगवत् अव्ययीभावार्थे; अपादान/हेतौ अर्थे अव्ययप्रयोगः ("therefore/from that")

• etām: this (her/this one)
• etām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: पूज् (पूजायाम्)

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• manasā: with mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• vācā: with speech
• vācā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• kāyena: with body
• kāyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• karmabhiḥ: with actions/deeds
• karmabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• ḍākinyādyāḥ: ḍākinīs and the like
• ḍākinyādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ḍākinī + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; समासः—आदि-तत्पुरुषः ("ḍākinī-etc.")

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• sarpanti: creep/crawl; approach
• sarpanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; धातु: सृप् (सर्पणे)

• harasiddheḥ: of Hara’s accomplishment/success
• harasiddheḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ("Hara's siddhi")

• anantaram: immediately after
• anantaram: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोगः (accusative used adverbially); कालवाचक-अव्यय ("immediately after")

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextually narrating to sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Harasiddhi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before Harasiddhi Devī’s shrine, offering flowers and lamp with concentrated mind; shadowy ḍākinīs recoil at the temple threshold as a protective aura radiates from the goddess.

Characters & Entities

• Harasiddhi
• Ḍākinīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Integral devotion—thought, word, and deed aligned—creates spiritual protection and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Harasiddhi’s sacred presence (as established in this chapter’s Śīkottara account) is implied as a protective sphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā performed through manas (mind), vāk (speech), kāya (body), and karma (conduct)—a fourfold discipline of devotion.