Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तथान्ये सिद्धमन्त्रा वा सद्यः प्रत्ययकारकाः । आराधिता यथा सद्यो मानुषाणां वरप्रदाः

Transliteration

tathānye siddhamantrā vā sadyaḥ pratyayakārakāḥ | ārādhitā yathā sadyo mānuṣāṇāṃ varapradāḥ

Translation

അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഉടൻ തന്നെ പ്രത്യക്ഷഫലത്തിന്റെ ഉറപ്പുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന മറ്റു സിദ്ധമന്ത്രങ്ങൾ പറയുക; വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിച്ചാൽ അവ മനുഷ്യർക്കു शीഘ്രം വരങ്ങൾ നൽകും.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; adverb/conjunctive sense: ‘thus/so’)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• सिद्धमन्त्राः: effective/fulfilled mantras
• सिद्धमन्त्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (कृदन्त/विशेषण) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (siddhāḥ mantrāḥ = ‘accomplished/effective mantras’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (indeclinable particle of alternative: ‘or’)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of time)

• प्रत्ययकारकाः: producing immediate conviction
• प्रत्ययकारकाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyaya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (कृदन्त; √kṛ (धातु) + ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pratyayasya kārakāḥ = ‘causing/producing conviction/faith’)

• आराधिताः: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle: ‘having been worshipped/propitiated’)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable: ‘as/just as’)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• मानुषाणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• वरप्रदाः: granting boons
• वरप्रदाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (कृदन्त; √dā (धातु) + प्र + क)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (varān pradadāti iti = ‘granting boons’)

Speaker

Puṣpa (inferred; continuing inquiry about remedy)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seeker asks about ‘siddha-mantras’ that grant immediate assurance; villagers/elders listen, suggesting a forthcoming revelation of a local deity and rite.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is disturbed, one seeks a valid, efficacious spiritual remedy—grounded in proper worship and sanctioned practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request arises within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Puṣpāditya Māhātmya narrative continuum.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of a devatā and use of siddha-mantras are referenced generally, without naming a specific mantra in this verse.