Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

एवं तत्र समासाद्य सिद्धिं मंत्रसमुद्भवाम् । तत्र पीठे ततः कृत्यं साधयेत्स्वेच्छया नरः

Transliteration

evaṃ tatra samāsādya siddhiṃ maṃtrasamudbhavām | tatra pīṭhe tataḥ kṛtyaṃ sādhayetsvecchayā naraḥ

Translation

So erlangt man dort die aus dem Mantra hervorgehende Siddhi und kann dann nach eigenem Wunsch jedes Vorhaben an eben jenem heiligen Pīṭha vollenden.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb): ‘thus’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• samāsādya: having attained/approached
• samāsādya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-sad (धातु) → samāsādya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund): ‘having approached/attained’

• siddhim: success
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg)

• mantra-samudbhavām: arising from mantra
• mantra-samudbhavām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: ‘arisen from mantra’ (agreeing with siddhim)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• pīṭhe: on/at the sacred seat (pīṭha)
• pīṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन (sg)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमान्वय (sequence adverb): ‘then/thereafter’

• kṛtyam: the rite/act
• kṛtyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg)

• sādhayet: should accomplish/perform
• sādhayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sādh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)

• sva-icchayā: by (his) own wish
• sva-icchayā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: ‘by one’s own will’

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

Speaker

Unspecified (instructional voice within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sādhaka arrives at a marked pīṭha (stone seat or sanctified platform) near a shrine; after successful mantra practice, a subtle aura indicates siddhi, and the person begins a chosen sacred undertaking.

Characters & Entities

• pīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When practice is completed in a sanctified place, mantra-siddhi is portrayed as empowering dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘pīṭha’ is praised as the locus of siddhi; the narrative soon identifies it explicitly as Cित्रेश्वर-pīṭha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Complete mantra-sādhana to attain siddhi, then undertake desired rites/works at the pīṭha.