Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र सिद्धिमनुप्राप्ताः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । अनुध्यानसमायुक्ता योगिनः शंसितव्रताः

Transliteration

tatra siddhimanuprāptāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | anudhyānasamāyuktā yoginaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

Translation

वहाँ सैकड़ों-हजारों योगी सिद्धि को प्राप्त हुए हैं—निरंतर ध्यान में युक्त, और प्रशंसित तथा संयमित व्रतों में स्थित।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, success
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुप्राप्ताः: having obtained
• अनुप्राप्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle)

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb)

• अथ: then/and
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अनन्तरार्थक (then/and)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb)

• अनुध्यान-समायुक्ताः: endowed with meditation
• अनुध्यान-समायुक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + युज् (धातु; युक्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle)

• योगिनः: yogis
• योगिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शंसित-व्रताः: whose vows are praised/approved
• शंसित-व्रताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंसित (कृदन्त; √शंस् धातु) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvara-pīṭha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvāijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove near the pīṭha: numerous yogins seated in padmāsana, eyes half-closed, some with japa-mālā, austere yet luminous; the Citreśvara linga/shrine anchors the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Yogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual attainment is linked with steady contemplation (anudhyāna) and disciplined vows (vrata), especially when practiced in a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same unnamed pīṭha being praised in Adhyāya 36; the verse emphasizes its proven efficacy through the yogins’ attainments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditation (anudhyāna) together with observance of praised vows (vrata) is indicated as the operative discipline.