Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अत्र सिद्धिश्च मुक्तिश्च ब्राह्मणानां न संशयः । अनेनैव शरीरेण षड्भिर्मासस्तु सिद्ध्यति

Transliteration

atra siddhiśca muktiśca brāhmaṇānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ | anenaiva śarīreṇa ṣaḍbhirmāsastu siddhyati

Translation

Hier sind für die Brāhmaṇas sowohl Siddhi (Vollendung) als auch Mukti (Befreiung) gewiss, ohne Zweifel. Wahrlich, mit eben diesem Körper wird die Erfüllung in sechs Monaten erlangt.

Word by Word

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

• सिद्धिः: attainment, success
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• न: no, not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular (‘by/with this’)

• एव: indeed, alone
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — emphatic particle

• शरीरेण: with (this) body
• शरीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• षड्भिः: by six
• षड्भिः: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — instrumental plural; संख्या-विशेषण

• मासः: months
• मासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular (collective sense with numeral)

• तु: indeed, and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — contrast/emphasis

• सिद्ध्यति: is accomplished, is attained
• सिद्ध्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — becomes accomplished; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (inferred continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextually within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Prabhāsa sacred precinct: brāhmaṇas and pilgrims performing dawn rites, a liṅga-shrine in the background, the sense of time-bound sādhana culminating in ‘six months’ of disciplined worship.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra is portrayed as a direct path where disciplined practice yields swift spiritual fruit, culminating in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as a place granting siddhi and mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A time-bound discipline is implied: sincere observance leading to accomplishment in six months.