Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

ततस्तु जायते सिद्धिर्नूनं तन्मंत्रसंभवा । तत्र सौम्येषु कृत्येषु होमः सिद्धार्थकैः सितैः

Transliteration

tatastu jāyate siddhirnūnaṃ tanmaṃtrasaṃbhavā | tatra saumyeṣu kṛtyeṣu homaḥ siddhārthakaiḥ sitaiḥ

Translation

Alors naît assurément la siddhi issue du mantra. Là, pour les rites doux et de bon augure, le homa doit être accompli avec des graines de moutarde blanche.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial): ‘thereafter/from that’

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle/conjunction): contrast/emphasis

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)

• siddhiḥ: success/accomplishment
• siddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक (certainty particle/adverb)

• tat-mantra-sambhavā: arising from that mantra
• tat-mantra-sambhavā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष: ‘that-mantra-originated’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb): ‘there/in that context’

• saumyeṣu: in auspicious (rites)
• saumyeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saumya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (m/n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), बहुवचन (pl)

• kṛtyeṣu: in rites/acts
• kṛtyeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), बहुवचन (pl)

• homaḥ: fire-offering (homa)
• homaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

• siddhārthakaiḥ: with white mustard seeds
• siddhārthakaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhārthaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), तृतीया (Instr. 3), बहुवचन (pl)

• sitaiḥ: white
• sitaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), तृतीया (Instr. 3), बहुवचन (pl); ‘white’ (agreeing with siddhārthakaiḥ)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama (a leading brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet sacred seat near a tīrtha: a practitioner performs a small homa in a clean fire-pit, offering white mustard seeds while softly reciting a mantra; the atmosphere is serene and beneficent.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• Citreśvarīpīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When practice is completed correctly, siddhi manifests naturally; ritual substances are chosen to match the rite’s intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification remains Camatkārapura and its Citreśvarīpīṭha as a siddhi-giving sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For saumya (benign) rites, perform homa using white mustard seeds (sita-siddhārthaka).