Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्य सिद्धिर्भवत्येव विघ्नैर्यदि न हन्यते । सिद्धांबिका महादेवी ह्यत्र संनिहितास्ति या

Transliteration

tasya siddhirbhavatyeva vighnairyadi na hanyate | siddhāṃbikā mahādevī hyatra saṃnihitāsti yā

Translation

For him, success surely arises—provided it is not struck down by obstacles. For here abides Siddhāmbikā, the great Goddess, present in this very place.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

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

• भवति: becomes / occurs
• भवति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• विघ्नैः: by obstacles
• विघ्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional particle)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• हन्यते: is destroyed / is struck down
• हन्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सिद्धाम्बिका: Siddhāmbikā (the Mother as Siddhi)
• सिद्धाम्बिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धा + अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सिद्धा च सा अम्बिका)

• महादेवी: the Great Goddess
• महादेवी: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• हि: for / indeed
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चय (particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• संनिहिता: present, stationed
• संनिहिता: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (संनिहित-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• या: who (she who)
• या: Karta (Relative pronoun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by Māheśvarakhaṇḍa contextual attribution

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhāmbikā-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Siddhāmbikā appears within the shrine—benevolent yet powerful—while a sādhaka prays for obstacle-removal; symbolic vighnas (dark knots, serpentine shadows) dissolve in her radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhāmbikā
• Mahādevī
• Vighna (obstacles)
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Siddhi is assured through divine presence, yet practitioners must guard against vighnas (obstacles) that can obstruct fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place where Siddhāmbikā is said to be directly present—within the Siddhakūpa/Siddheśa sacred complex.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship aimed at siddhi and vighna-nivāraṇa (removal of obstacles) through devotion to Siddhāmbikā and Siddheśa.