Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

दक्षिणामूर्तिमासाद्य सिद्धेश्वरविभोः पुरः । यः प्रयच्छति भूपाल सहस्रगुणितं फलम्

Transliteration

dakṣiṇāmūrtimāsādya siddheśvaravibhoḥ puraḥ | yaḥ prayacchati bhūpāla sahasraguṇitaṃ phalam

Translation

Ô roi, quiconque, après s’être approché de Dakṣiṇāmūrti, fait son offrande en la présence du glorieux Seigneur Siddheśvara, obtient un fruit multiplié par mille.

Word by Word

• दक्षिणामूर्तिम्: Dakṣiṇāmūrti (form of Śiva)
• दक्षिणामूर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणामूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (दक्षिणा मूर्तिः यस्य/दक्षिणाभिमुखी मूर्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• सिद्धेश्वरविभोः: of the lord Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरविभोः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धेश्वरस्य विभुः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• पुरः: in front (of)
• पुरः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• प्रयच्छति: gives
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भूपाल: O king
• भूपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• सहस्रगुणितम्: multiplied a thousandfold
• सहस्रगुणितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गुणित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रेण गुणितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara (with Dakṣiṇāmūrti-sthāna)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpāla / king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within a Śaiva temple courtyard: Dakṣiṇāmūrti seated under a banyan (or represented on the southern wall), facing disciples; nearby the Siddheśvara liṅga sanctum glows; a king offers gifts with folded hands as priests witness, a visual cue of ‘sahasraguṇa’ radiance emanating from the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣiṇāmūrti
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place and sacred presence amplify merit; offerings made before Śiva at a praised kṣetra are said to yield extraordinary results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara at the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approach Dakṣiṇāmūrti and perform dāna/offerings directly before Siddheśvara to gain greatly multiplied merit.