Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तत्र सञ्जायते सिद्धिः शीघ्रं दानवसत्तम । अपि पापयुगे प्राप्ते किं पुनः प्रथमे युगे

Transliteration

tatra sañjāyate siddhiḥ śīghraṃ dānavasattama | api pāpayuge prāpte kiṃ punaḥ prathame yuge

Translation

Là, l’accomplissement (siddhi) naît promptement, ô le meilleur des Dānava—même lorsque l’âge du péché est advenu; combien davantage encore dans le premier âge, le plus pur !

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• सञ्जायते: arises/is produced
• सञ्जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सिद्धिः: success; attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative)

• दानव-सत्तम: O best of Dānavas
• दानव-सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दानवानां सत्तमः); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Modifier (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (even)

• पाप-युगे: in the sinful age
• पाप-युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (पापं युगम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Sati-saptami (Circumstantial/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + त (क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• किम्: what (then)
• किम्: Modifier (प्रश्न/अधिक्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative used idiomatically)

• पुनः: all the more
• पुनः: Modifier (अधिक्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यार्थक (all the more/again)

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; ‘युगे’ विशेषणम्

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

Speaker

Śukra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dānava-sattama (best of Dānavas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary contrast of ages: a darkened kali-yuga backdrop (dust, quarrel, dim sky) is pierced by the radiant aura of Hāṭakeśvara liṅga, from which light streams grant immediate ‘siddhi’ to a devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Dānava
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• siddhi
• yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A powerful tīrtha can grant quick spiritual results even in spiritually difficult times.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where siddhi is said to arise swiftly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies continued worship at that kṣetra; no separate dāna/snānā rule is stated here.