Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

ततस्तु सिद्धयस्तस्य त्वणिमाद्याः पुरोगताः । भवन्ति तत्रापि मनो न दद्याद्योगिनां वरः

Transliteration

tatastu siddhayastasya tvaṇimādyāḥ purogatāḥ | bhavanti tatrāpi mano na dadyādyogināṃ varaḥ

Translation

ثمّ بعد ذلك تظهر له سِدّهياته—ابتداءً من «أَنِيمَا» وسائرها—ماثلةً أمامه. ومع ذلك، فحتى هناك لا ينبغي لأفضل اليوغيين أن يعلّق قلبه بها أو يتشبّث بها.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/समुच्चय-भेदक) = particle ‘but/indeed’

• siddhayaḥ: supernatural attainments (siddhis)
• siddhayaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = Feminine, Nominative plural

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन = Genitive singular (of him/of that)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = emphatic particle

• aṇimā-ādyāḥ: beginning with aṇimā (etc.)
• aṇimā-ādyāḥ: Kartā (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇimā + ādi (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘aṇimā’ इत्यादयः = Feminine, Nominative plural; तत्पुरुष (आदि-समास) ‘aṇimā etc.’

• purogatāḥ: gone ahead, preceding
• purogatāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of siddhayaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puro-gata (कृदन्त; √gam गतौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = Masculine, Nominative plural; past participle ‘gone in front’; अव्ययीभाव ‘puras + gata’

• bhavanti: arise/occur
• bhavanti: Kriyā (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू सत्तायाम्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन = Present indicative, 3rd person plural

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = locative adverb ‘there’

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle ‘also/even’

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular

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

• dadyāt: should give/should direct
• dadyāt: Kriyā (Injunctive/optative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा दाने)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञा), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Optative, 3rd person singular (‘should give/place’)

• yoginām: of yogins
• yoginām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन = Masculine, Genitive plural

• varaḥ: the best/excellent one
• varaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from the continuing instruction to Devī/Pārvatī in this sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in meditation with miniature symbolic siddhis appearing—tiny figure (aṇimā), levitation, radiant aura—yet the yogin’s gaze remains inward; Devī and Śiva observe, emphasizing restraint.

Characters & Entities

• aṇimā (siddhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Siddhis may arise naturally from yoga, but the superior yogin remains unattached, keeping the mind fixed on liberation rather than powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; this verse itself is doctrinal and does not specify the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mental discipline is prescribed: do not direct the mind toward siddhis; maintain detachment.