Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यक्षत्वं चामरत्वं च प्राप्स्यंत्यत्र च साधकाः । अत्र वै विजयोनाम स्थंडिलस्य प्रभावतः

Transliteration

yakṣatvaṃ cāmaratvaṃ ca prāpsyaṃtyatra ca sādhakāḥ | atra vai vijayonāma sthaṃḍilasya prabhāvataḥ

Translation

ഇവിടെ സാധകർ യക്ഷത്വവും അമരത്വവും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ‘വിജയ’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ള സ്ഥണ്ഡിലഭൂമിയുടെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ ഇവിടെ ഇതെല്ലാം സംഭവിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यक्षत्वम्: Yakṣa-hood
• यक्षत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अमरत्वम्: immortality / godhood
• अमरत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• प्राप्स्यन्ति: will attain
• प्राप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः प्र-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• च: also
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• साधकाः: practitioners
• साधकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

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

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण (indeed)

• विजयः: Vijaya (name)
• विजयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक (called/named)

• स्थण्डिलस्य: of the altar/cleared ground (sthaṇḍila)
• स्थण्डिलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थण्डिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by Māheśvarakhaṇḍa contextual attribution

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vijaya-sthaṇḍila (within Vighnakṣetra)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A marked ritual-altar patch of earth labeled ‘Vijaya’; sādhakas seated in japa; subtle guardians (Yakṣa imagery) and a radiant aura suggesting amaratva; Devī’s blessing pervades the ground.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhaka
• Yakṣa
• Amara
• Vijaya Sthaṇḍila

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated ritual space (sthaṇḍila) magnifies spiritual endeavor, enabling exalted states when approached with sādhaka-discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘Vijaya’ sthaṇḍila (a named sacred altar-ground) within the Siddhakūpa/Siddheśa tīrtha complex.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights the efficacy of the Vijaya sthaṇḍila; it implies performing sādhana/rituals on that consecrated ground for higher attainments.