Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

लोकानां मुक्तिकामानां ब्रह्मज्ञानसुखावहे । मम तातो गतस्तत्र ततश्च ज्ञानवान्स्थितः

Transliteration

lokānāṃ muktikāmānāṃ brahmajñānasukhāvahe | mama tāto gatastatra tataśca jñānavānsthitaḥ

Translation

Für Menschen, die nach Befreiung (mokṣa) verlangen, bringt es die Wonne der Brahman‑Erkenntnis. Mein Vater ging dorthin, und danach blieb er als Wissender fest gegründet.

Word by Word

• lokānām: of people/worlds
• lokānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• muktikāmānām: of those desiring liberation
• muktikāmānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (muktiṃ kāmayante ye = those desiring liberation)

• brahmajñāna-sukhāvahe: in/at (that place) which brings the bliss of Brahman-knowledge
• brahmajñāna-sukhāvahe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmajñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + āvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (brahmajñāna-sukham āvahati = bringing the bliss of Brahman-knowledge)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tātaḥ: father
• tātaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्/आख्यातार्थे (past participle used predicatively: 'went')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• tataḥ: then / from there
• tataḥ: Apādāna/Krama (Source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः इति अपादान/क्रमवाचक (ablatival/sequence adverb: 'then/from there')

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• jñānavān: knowledgeable
• jñānavān: Kartā (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (possessing knowledge)

• sthitaḥ: remained / stayed
• sthitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; आख्यातार्थे (stood/remained)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhi-Pādukā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator recounts his father’s pilgrimage: the father at the hidden shrine, later seated in calm radiance as a jñānī; the tīrtha appears serene, suggesting liberation-seekers’ refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Father of Sūta
• Mukti
• Brahma-jñāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is praised as especially suited for mumukṣus (seekers of liberation), and realization is validated through an exemplary life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liberating tīrtha complex in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra connected with Siddhi-pādukā worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added here; it reinforces the promised fruit—brahmajñāna and liberation-oriented joy.