Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
सिद्धलक्ष्मीति विख्याता ह्यत्र पीठाधिदेवता
Transliteration
siddhalakṣmīti vikhyātā hyatra pīṭhādhidevatā
Translation
هنا تُعرَف الإلهة الحاكمة لمقام البيثا المقدّس باسم «سِدّها-لاكشمي».
Word by Word
सिद्धलक्ष्मीSiddhalakṣmī (the accomplished Lakṣmī)
सिद्धलक्ष्मी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धलक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + लक्ष्मी)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सिद्धा लक्ष्मीः)
इतिthus, as (called)
इति:
Sambandha/Quotation marker (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरणचिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)
विख्याताrenowned, well-known
विख्याता:
Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-ख्यात (धातु √ख्यात्/ख्यायते; कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त/क्तवतु-प्रायः), ‘renowned/known’
हिindeed, for
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपातः (emphatic/causal particle)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
पीठाधिदेवताthe presiding deity of the pīṭha
पीठाधिदेवता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपीठाधिदेवता (प्रातिपदिक; पीठ + अधिदेवता)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पीठस्य अधिदेवता)
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Siddhalakṣmī-pīṭha
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A radiant goddess Siddhalakṣmī enthroned as pīṭha-devatā, holding lotus symbols; pilgrims approach with lamps and garlands; the shrine is depicted as a ‘seat’ (pīṭha) with yogic/yantric undertones.
Characters & Entities
S
SiddhalakṣmīP
Pīṭha (Śākta seat)FAQs
Divine power is localized through pīṭhas; knowing the presiding deity strengthens devotional focus and right worship.
The Siddhalakṣmī pīṭha within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred region.
None explicitly; it identifies the deity to be revered at the seat.