Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तथा सर्वे सुरास्तुष्टा ब्रह्मविष्णु शिवादयः । परं सिद्धिप्रदं शीघ्रं मानुषाणां महीपते

Transliteration

tathā sarve surāstuṣṭā brahmaviṣṇu śivādayaḥ | paraṃ siddhipradaṃ śīghraṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ mahīpate

Translation

وهكذا تَرضى الآلهةُ جميعًا—براهما، وفيشنو، وشيفا وسواهم. أيها الملكُ سيّدُ الأرض، إنّ هذا (النسكُ وهذا الموضعُ المقدّس) يمنح البشر سريعًا أسمى السِّدْهي، أي الكمال الروحي.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• surāḥ: gods
• surāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tuṣṭāḥ: pleased, satisfied
• tuṣṭāḥ: Karta-anvaya (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• brahma: Brahmā
• brahma: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (नामरूपेण), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समाहार-निर्देश (नाम)

• viṣṇu: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇu: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समाहार-निर्देश (नाम)

• śiva-ādayaḥ: Śiva and others
• śiva-ādayaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + ādi (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘शिवः आदिः येषाम्’ इत्यर्थे (ādi-compound)

• param: supreme, highest
• param: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• siddhi-pradam: granting success
• siddhi-pradam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhi + prada (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘सिद्धिं प्रददाति’

• śīghram: quickly; swift
• śīghram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषणवत्

• mānuṣāṇām: of humans
• mānuṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• mahīpate: O lord of the earth (king)
• mahīpate: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī-pati (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller) addressing the king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vision of the assembled devas—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva—smiling in approval as a pilgrim’s vow ripens into radiant siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Śiva
• Suras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving a sacred kṣetra with faith pleases the Devas and leads swiftly toward supreme spiritual attainment (siddhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage points to the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra (later named explicitly) as a siddhi-giving sacred field.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; it states the general fruit—Deva satisfaction and quick bestowal of siddhi.