Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

हरसिद्धिर्देवसिद्धिर्धर्मसिद्धिश्च भारत । विविधा प्राप्यते सिद्धिस्तीर्थेऽस्मिंश्चंडिकारतैः

Transliteration

harasiddhirdevasiddhirdharmasiddhiśca bhārata | vividhā prāpyate siddhistīrthe'smiṃścaṃḍikārataiḥ

Translation

ഹേ ഭാരതാ! ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ചണ്ഡികാഭക്തർക്ക് പലവിധ സിദ്ധികൾ ലഭിക്കുന്നു—ഹരൻ (ശിവൻ) അനുഗ്രഹസിദ്ധി, ദേവസിദ്ധി, ധർമ്മസിദ്ധി।

Word by Word

• harasiddhiḥ: Hara-siddhi (success related to Śiva)
• harasiddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harasiddhi (प्रातिपदिक) = hara (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devasiddhiḥ: deva-siddhi (divine success)
• devasiddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devasiddhi (प्रातिपदिक) = deva (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dharmasiddhiḥ: dharma-siddhi (success in righteousness)
• dharmasiddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharmasiddhi (प्रातिपदिक) = dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• vividhā: various
• vividhā: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying siddhiḥ)

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• siddhiḥ: success, attainment
• siddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tīrthe: in the sacred place
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• caṃḍikārataiḥ: by devotees of Caṇḍikā
• caṃḍikārataiḥ: Karana/Agent (by those devoted to Caṇḍikā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃḍikārata (प्रातिपदिक) = caṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, √ram ‘to delight’, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍikā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred ford/pond near a Devī shrine; above them, symbolic triad of siddhis: Śiva’s trident/third eye (Hara-siddhi), celestial devas with garlands (deva-siddhi), and a dharma emblem (balance/śāstra) signifying dharma-siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (addressee)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Caṇḍikā
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True siddhi is dharma-aligned and divinely grounded—devotion yields holistic success, not merely worldly gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

“This tīrtha” connected with Caṇḍikā and Śiva, presented as a place granting multiple siddhis to devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti to Caṇḍikā at the tīrtha (tīrtha-sevā and worship) is the implied prescription for attaining siddhi.