Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अरण्यवासिनं सम्यग्दिवारात्रमतंद्रितः । गतश्च परमां सिद्धिं दुर्लभां त्रिदशैरपि

Transliteration

araṇyavāsinaṃ samyagdivārātramataṃdritaḥ | gataśca paramāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi

Translation

Vivant comme un ascète des forêts, avec droiture, sans relâche jour et nuit, il atteignit la siddhi suprême, difficile même pour les dieux.

Word by Word

• अरण्यवासिनम्: a forest-dweller
• अरण्यवासिनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘one dwelling in the forest’

• सम्यक्: properly; thoroughly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘properly/fully’

• दिवारात्रम्: day and night
• दिवारात्रम्: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासः; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; ‘day and night’ (अव्ययवत्)

• अतन्द्रितः: untiring
• अतन्द्रितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः) — ‘untiring, unwearied’

• गतः: attained; went to
• गतः: Kriya (Action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone/attained’ (सिद्ध्यर्थे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सिद्धिम्)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment; perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• दुर्लभाम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभाम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सिद्धिम्)

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods
• त्रिदशैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अप्यर्थ-निपात: ‘even/also’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic lives in the forest near the tīrtha, practicing austerities continuously through day and night; the culmination is depicted as a serene yet powerful radiance indicating supreme siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• tridaśa (devas)
• siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-grace matures through disciplined living and continuous practice, culminating in rare siddhi beyond ordinary merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhāskara-connected tīrtha/kuṇḍa of Adhyāya 212, shown as a support for tapas leading to supreme attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous, vigilant sādhana (day-and-night effort) and araṇya-vāsa-style discipline as part of tapas.