Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तस्यादेशादहं तत्र गतः संवत्सरं स्थितः । पादुके पूजयामास ततो ज्ञानं च संस्थितम्

Transliteration

tasyādeśādahaṃ tatra gataḥ saṃvatsaraṃ sthitaḥ | pāduke pūjayāmāsa tato jñānaṃ ca saṃsthitam

Translation

Auf seinen Befehl ging ich dorthin und blieb ein Jahr. Ich verehrte die Pādukās, und dann wurde das Wissen fest in mir gegründet.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ādeśāt: from (his) command
• ādeśāt: Apādāna (Cause/source: 'from/according to order')
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; आख्यातार्थे

• saṃvatsaram: for a year
• saṃvatsaram: Kāla (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कालावधि-द्वितीया (accusative of duration)

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

• pāduke: the pair of sandals
• pāduke: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādukā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन (dual)

• pūjayāmāsa: worshipped
• pūjayāmāsa: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परिप्रयोगे भूतार्थः (narrative past: 'worshipped')

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Krama (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक/अपादानार्थक

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• saṃsthitam: became established
• saṃsthitam: Kartā (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + sthā (धातु) → saṃsthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (well-established/settled)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhi-Pādukā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A son receives his father’s instruction, journeys to the hidden hollow shrine, lives there through seasons, performing daily pādukā-pūjā; final scene shows him seated in steady meditative composure, symbolizing jñāna established.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Pādukā (Siddhi-pādukā)
• Father of Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to right instruction and sustained devotion transform pilgrimage into stable spiritual knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Siddhi-pādukā/pādukā shrine within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reside (or remain committed) for a year and worship the pādukās as part of the tīrtha observance.