Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा कूपेऽर्चयेदीशं सिद्धेश्वरमनन्यधीः । प्रभूतभवसंभूतपापं तस्य विलीयते

Transliteration

snātvā kūpe'rcayedīśaṃ siddheśvaramananyadhīḥ | prabhūtabhavasaṃbhūtapāpaṃ tasya vilīyate

Translation

Having bathed in the well, let one worship the Lord Siddheśvara with undivided mind. The abundant sins born of worldly existence for that person dissolve away.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘having bathed’

• कूपे: in the well
• कूपे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सिद्ध: accomplished/holy
• सिद्ध: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-पूर्वपद (compound member)

• ईश्वरम्: Siddheśvara
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध+ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (सिद्धः ईश्वरः)

• अनन्यधीः: one whose mind is undistracted (single-pointed)
• अनन्यधीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्य+धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः (अनन्या धीः यस्य सः)

• प्रभूत: abundant
• प्रभूत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-पूर्वपद (compound member)

• भव: worldly existence
• भव: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-पूर्वपद (compound member)

• सम्भूत: arisen from
• सम्भूत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भूत (सम्+भू धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: समास-पूर्वपद (compound member); क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• पापम्: sin arising from worldly existence (in abundance)
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभूत+भव+सम्भूत+पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भवसम्भूतं पापम्; प्रभूतं च)

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• विलीयते: dissolves/perishes
• विलीयते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ली (धातु; वि+ली)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhakūpa/Siddhakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes in the sacred well, then offers bilva leaves, water, and lamps to a Siddheśvara liṅga, standing in calm concentration as a soft aura suggests sins dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhakūpa
• Siddheśvara
• Īśa (Lord Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is completed by devotion: tīrtha-bathing joined with single-minded worship of Śiva destroys saṃsāra-born impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddhakūpa and the nearby/enshrined Siddheśvara (Śiva) at that tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the well followed by arcana (worship) of Lord Siddheśvara with ananyadhī (undivided attention).