Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सिद्धा नाम सुराः पूर्वं तत्रागत्य वरानने । लिंगं संस्थापयामासुः सिद्ध्यर्थं सर्ववस्तुषु

Transliteration

siddhā nāma surāḥ pūrvaṃ tatrāgatya varānane | liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsuḥ siddhyarthaṃ sarvavastuṣu

Translation

O du Schönangesichtige, in alter Zeit kamen die göttlichen Wesen, die Siddhas genannt werden, dorthin und errichteten einen Liṅga, im Verlangen nach Erfolg und Vollendung in allen Vorhaben.

Word by Word

• सिद्धाः: Siddhas
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Naming particle (नाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक (particle: ‘by name’)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Time adjunct (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-रूप)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Place adjunct (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (कृदन्त; ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययभाव; क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनना (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• संस्थापयामासुः: established
• संस्थापयामासुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) (णिच्) → संस्थापयामास (periphrastic perfect base)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सिद्ध्यर्थम्: for attainment (of success)
• सिद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्धि + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• सर्ववस्तुषु: in all matters/things
• सर्ववस्तुषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + वस्तु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of Siddhas—radiant yogic beings—arrive at Prabhāsa and install a liṅga with ritual implements; the air shimmers with mantra and austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhas
• Liṅga (Śiva-liṅga)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred installations (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) performed with devotion become enduring sources of spiritual accomplishment (siddhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Siddheśvara liṅga-site in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, established by the Siddhas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga establishment is referenced as the founding act; by implication, worship there is tied to attaining siddhi.