Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

जगदादौ मूलूप्रकृतेरुत्पन्ना सा प्रकीर्त्यते । आराधिता यतः सिद्धैस्तस्मात्सिद्धांबिका च सा

Transliteration

jagadādau mūlūprakṛterutpannā sā prakīrtyate | ārādhitā yataḥ siddhaistasmātsiddhāṃbikā ca sā

Translation

Es wird verkündet, dass Sie gleich zu Beginn des Kosmos aus der uranfänglichen Wurzel-Natur (Mūlaprakṛti) hervorging. Und weil die Siddhas Sie verehrten, wird Sie daher Siddhāmbikā genannt.

Word by Word

• जगदादौ: at the beginning of the world
• जगदादौ: Adhikarana (Time/Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + आदौ (प्रातिपदिक); आदौ = आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (जगत्), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; अर्थे—जगतः आदौ (at the beginning of the world)

• मूलप्रकृतेः: of the root Prakṛti
• मूलप्रकृतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल + प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उत्पन्ना: arisen
• उत्पन्ना: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थे—जात/समुत्पन्ना (born/arisen)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रकीर्त्यते: is proclaimed
• प्रकीर्त्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• आराधिता: worshipped
• आराधिता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थे—सेविता/पूजिता (worshipped)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (because/since)

• सिद्धैः: by the siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाव (therefore)

• सिद्धाम्बिका: Siddhāmbikā
• सिद्धाम्बिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धा + अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhāmbikā

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Siddhāmbikā appears as a serene primordial Devi emerging from a cosmic lotus/Prakṛti field; around her, siddhas offer worship, and a caption-like motif explains her name derived from siddha ārādhanā.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhāmbikā
• Mūlaprakṛti
• Siddhas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śakti is both cosmic origin and accessible devotion; the Goddess becomes ‘Siddhāmbikā’ through the realized ones’ worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse provides theological mahātmya of the Goddess rather than local geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies ārādhana (devotional worship) as the means by which Siddhas honored her, without detailing a specific rite.