Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

ततः शिवं समाराध्य तपः कृत्वा यथोचितम् । सशरीरौ दिवं प्राप्तौ तत्प्रभावाद्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

tataḥ śivaṃ samārādhya tapaḥ kṛtvā yathocitam | saśarīrau divaṃ prāptau tatprabhāvādvijottamāḥ

Translation

ثم إنّ هذين من خيرة «ذوي الولادتين» قد عبدا شِيفا على الوجه اللائق وأدّيا التَّقشّف كما هو مقرر؛ وبقوة ذلك الموضع والعبادة بلغا السماء بأجسادهما نفسها.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/अनन्तर)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समाराध्य: having worshipped
• समाराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), सम्+आ+√राध् (आराधने); ‘having worshipped/propitiated’

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), √कृ (करणे); ‘having done’

• यथोचितम्: as appropriate
• यथोचितम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā+ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषण) = as is proper

• सशरीरौ: with their bodies
• सशरीरौ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa+śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; अव्ययीभाव/उपपद-समास ‘स-शरीर’ = with body; कर्तृपदस्य विशेषण

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म

• प्राप्तौ: attained
• प्राप्तौ: Kriya (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्र+√आप् (प्राप्तौ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘having attained/reached’ (predicate participle)

• तत्प्रभावात्: due to that power/effect
• तत्प्रभावात्: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad+prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समास: तस्य प्रभावः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); अपादानार्थे = ablative (because of)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: excellent brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Apposition/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija+uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: द्विजाः उत्तमाः = best of brahmins (used as honorific for the two)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The two brāhmaṇas, radiant from austerity, stand before a Śiva liṅga; a beam of light or celestial chariot descends; they ascend skyward with their bodies, while the shrine glows with supernatural brilliance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• tapas
• diva (heaven)
• dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship of Śiva combined with disciplined tapas in a holy kṣetra yields extraordinary spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śaiva kṣetra previously described (connected with Hāṭakeśvara and its boundary-liṅga), whose inherent power grants exalted results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-ārādhana (devotional worship) and yathocita tapas (austerity according to rule).