Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

योगसिद्धिरिहास्त्येव तपःसिद्धिरिहैव हि । व्रतसिद्धिर्मंत्रसिद्धिस्तीर्थसिद्धिः सुनिश्चितम्

Transliteration

yogasiddhirihāstyeva tapaḥsiddhirihaiva hi | vratasiddhirmaṃtrasiddhistīrthasiddhiḥ suniścitam

Translation

Hier selbst sind die Vollkommenheiten des Yoga; hier wahrlich sind die Vollkommenheiten der Askese (tapas). Die Erfüllung der Gelübde (vrata), der Erfolg der Mantras und die Frucht der Pilgerfahrt zu den Tīrthas sind gewisslich hier zu finden.

Word by Word

• योगसिद्धिः: success/perfection in yoga
• योगसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (सत्तायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 3rd person singular

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• तपःसिद्धिः: success in austerity
• तपःसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Hetu/Avadharana (Reason/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; कारण/निश्चयार्थ)

• व्रतसिद्धिः: success in vows
• व्रतसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• मन्त्रसिद्धिः: success in mantra
• मन्त्रसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तीर्थसिद्धिः: success from pilgrimage/sacred ford
• तीर्थसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• सुनिश्चितम्: certainly; well-established
• सुनिश्चितम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनिश्चित (कृदन्त; सु + नि+√चि + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन — Nom./Acc. singular; भावे (as an adverbial predicate: 'certainly')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta/Ānandakānana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic spiritual Kāśī: yogins meditating, ascetics performing tapas, devotees keeping vratas, mantra-japa circles, and pilgrims bathing—each scene converging into a single sacred aura over the city.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Yoga
• Tapas
• Vrata
• Mantra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a uniquely potent sacred field where multiple spiritual disciplines yield swift and certain results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī/Vārāṇasī, implied by the adhyāya’s context as the place where all ‘siddhis’ are accessible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata (vows/observances) and mantra practice are mentioned as becoming ‘siddha’ here; no single named vow or mantra is specified.