Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अत्र ते कीर्तयिष्यामि विस्तरेण महामते । यथा सिद्धिर्मया प्राप्ता प्रसादाच्छंकरस्य च

Transliteration

atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi vistareṇa mahāmate | yathā siddhirmayā prāptā prasādācchaṃkarasya ca

Translation

Ici, ô grand d’esprit, je te raconterai en détail comment j’ai obtenu la siddhi, l’accomplissement spirituel, par la grâce bienveillante de Śaṅkara.

Word by Word

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I will narrate / proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कीर्तय् (कीर्तन) (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (adverbial instrumental)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘great’ + ‘minded/wise’)

• यथा: how / as
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause-linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (Conj./Adverb: ‘as/how’)

• सिद्धिः: success / attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्राप्ता: obtained
• प्राप्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + √आप् (आप्) (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सिद्धिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• प्रसादात्: from (the) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (a brāhmaṇa later identified as Vatsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed interlocutor addressed as ‘mahāmate/mahābhāga’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator gestures respectfully while beginning a detailed account; a subtle Śiva presence (liṅga/triśūla/halo) indicates the source of siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True siddhi is presented as arising from Śiva’s (Śaṅkara’s) grace, not merely from personal effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as an introduction to a tīrtha-māhātmya narration in Nāgara-khaṇḍa; the specific site is contextual and unfolds in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it announces a detailed account of attainment through Śaṅkara’s favor.