Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

परा सिद्धिरनुप्राप्ता द्वादशादित्यसंज्ञितैः । स्थापितश्च जगद्धाता तस्मिंस्तीर्थे दिवाकरः

Transliteration

parā siddhiranuprāptā dvādaśādityasaṃjñitaiḥ | sthāpitaśca jagaddhātā tasmiṃstīrthe divākaraḥ

Translation

Die höchste Siddhi wurde von jenen erlangt, die als die zwölf Ādityas bekannt sind; und an jenem Tīrtha wurde Divākara, der Erhalter der Welt, als verehrungswürdige Gegenwart eingesetzt.

Word by Word

• परा: supreme, highest
• परा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (fem. nom. sg., adjective)

• सिद्धिः: attainment, success, perfection
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• अनुप्राप्ता: was obtained/attained
• अनुप्राप्ता: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘प्राप्ता’ (past passive participle, fem. nom. sg.)

• द्वादशादित्यसंज्ञितैः: by those called the Twelve Ādityas
• द्वादशादित्यसंज्ञितैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश-आदित्य-संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘द्वादश आदित्याः’ इति संज्ञा यस्य/येषाम् (instr. pl., used as agent/instrument)

• स्थापितः: was स्थापित/installed
• स्थापितः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (caus.) → स्थापय् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (past passive participle, masc. nom. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जगद्धाता: the sustainer/creator of the world
• जगद्धाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-धातृ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘जगतः धाता’ (masc. nom. sg.)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (loc. sg., pronoun)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (neut. loc. sg.)

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādashāditya-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sūrya (Divākara) enthroned in a halo, with twelve solar forms/Ādityas arranged like a mandala around him at a riverbank tīrtha; sages and pilgrims offer arghya as light spills over the water.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśa Ādityas
• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Siddheśvara Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes a meeting-point of divine powers: through tapas, siddhi arises and sacred presence becomes permanently established for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara Tīrtha on the Narmadā, where Divākara is said to have been established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implication of sthāpana/establishment (installation) of Divākara at the tīrtha; details of procedure are not given in this verse.