Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

इहागत्य नरो यस्तु स्नात्वा च विधिपूर्वकम् । अर्चयेत्सिद्धनाथं च जपेच्च शतरुद्रियम्

Transliteration

ihāgatya naro yastu snātvā ca vidhipūrvakam | arcayetsiddhanāthaṃ ca japecca śatarudriyam

Translation

Quiconque vient ici, se baigne selon le rite prescrit, puis vénère Siddhanātha et récite le Śatarudriya,

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb): “here”

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): “having come”

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun; correlates with नरः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): emphasis/contrast “indeed/but”

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): “having bathed”

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction): “and”

• विधिपूर्वकम्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिपूर्वकम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययवत्: “विधिना पूर्वकम्” (according to rule, duly)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन: “he should worship”

• सिद्धनाथम्: Siddhanātha
• सिद्धनाथम्: कर्म (Object of worship)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + नाथ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular); तत्पुरुषः: “सिद्धानां नाथः” (Lord of Siddhas)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction): “and”

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन: “he should recite”

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction): “and”

• शतरुद्रियम्: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• शतरुद्रियम्: कर्म (Object of recitation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular); तत्पुरुषः: “शतं रुद्रियाणि/रुद्राध्यायाः” (Śatarudriya hymn/section)

Speaker

Narrator (within Īśvara–Devī dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhanātha/Siddheśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni-sattamas (explicitly addressed in next verse; implied audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at Prabhāsa, bathes ritually, then offers bilva leaves and water to the Siddhanātha-liṅga while a priest chants the Śatarudrīya.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhanātha (Śiva)
• Śatarudriya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes fruitful when joined with disciplined practice—snāna, arcana, and mantra-japa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Siddhanātha/Siddheśvara shrine and its tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathed in due manner (vidhi), worship Siddhanātha, and recite the Śatarudriya.