Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततो यास्यसि संसिद्धिं दुर्लभां त्रिदशैरपि

Transliteration

tato yāsyasi saṃsiddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi

Translation

Entonces alcanzarás la plena consumación, un logro difícil de obtener incluso para los dioses.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Hetu/Anantarya (Cause/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’

• यास्यसि: you will attain/go to
• यास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संसिद्धिम्: complete success/perfection
• संसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दुर्लभाम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभाम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘संसिद्धि’ विशेषण

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods (thirty deities)
• त्रिदशैः: Karana (Instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) — अपि = ‘even/also’

Speaker

Pulaha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A declarative promise of rare success; the scene can show the teacher’s assurance and the seeker’s dawning confidence, with subtle celestial imagery indicating ‘even the gods’ find it rare.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent sādhana can yield a perfected state that even celestial beings find rare—highlighting the supremacy of disciplined spiritual effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the glory is of the sādhana taught within the tīrtha narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It concludes the instruction by stating the promised fruit of the prescribed mantra-japa.