Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

ते सर्वे सिद्धिमायांति तस्मिन्स्थाने कृता अपि । आदितीर्थं नृपश्रेष्ठ काजेशैरुपसेवितम्

Transliteration

te sarve siddhimāyāṃti tasminsthāne kṛtā api | āditīrthaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha kājeśairupasevitam

Translation

ആ സ്ഥലത്ത് ചെയ്താൽ അവയെല്ലാം സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! അത് ആദിതീർത്ഥം; കാജേശന്മാർ (ഉന്നതാധിപന്മാർ) ഉപാസിച്ചു ആദരിക്കുന്ന തീർത്ഥം।

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—ते

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आयान्ति: attain/come to
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कृताः: performed
• कृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘done/performed’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अपि-समुच्चय/अपवादार्थ (particle: even/also)

• आदितीर्थम्: the primordial sacred ford
• आदितीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—आदि-तीर्थम् (the prime/first tīrtha)

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—नृपाणां श्रेष्ठः

• काजेशैः: by the Kājeśas (name unclear)
• काजेशैः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काजेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट-प्रातिपदिक (सम्भवतः ‘काज’/‘काजि’ इत्यादि)

• उपसेवितम्: frequented/attended
• उपसेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + सेव् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘frequented/served’

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āditīrtha (associated with Dharmakūpa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings; vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous primordial tīrtha: Dharmakūpa and its waters radiate; celestial beings (deva-like ‘kājeśas’) offer flowers and lamps; a king and sages perform rites that visibly ‘take effect’—fire burns bright, mantras shown as light-streams.

Characters & Entities

• Āditīrtha
• Dharmakūpa/Dharmāraṇya (context)
• kājeśas (as transmitted)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place amplifies practice: rites gain siddhi when aligned with a sanctified locus revered even by higher beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Āditīrtha, described as a primordial tīrtha within the Dharmāraṇya sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states that the previously listed practices (japa, dāna, etc.) attain siddhi when performed at that specific place.