Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तस्य संवत्सरस्यान्ते ब्रह्मज्ञानं प्रजायते । शक्त्या विनिहिते ते च स्वदर्शनविवृद्धये

Transliteration

tasya saṃvatsarasyānte brahmajñānaṃ prajāyate | śaktyā vinihite te ca svadarśanavivṛddhaye

Translation

ആ വർഷത്തിന്റെ അവസാനം അവനിൽ ബ്രഹ്മജ്ഞാനം ഉദിക്കുന്നു; കൂടാതെ അവ (പവിത്ര ആശ്രയങ്ങൾ) ശക്തി തന്റെ സ്വദർശനവൃദ്ധിക്കായി അവിടെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചതാണ്।

Word by Word

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃvatsarasya: of a year
• saṃvatsarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikaraṇa (Locative: time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• brahmajñānam: knowledge of Brahman
• brahmajñānam: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (brahmaṇaḥ jñānam = knowledge of Brahman)

• prajāyate: arises / is born
• prajāyate: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śaktyā: by (divine) power
• śaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• vinihite: when/where (it is) placed
• vinihite: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ni + dhā (धातु) → vinihita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (placed/installed)

• te: those / they
• te: Kartā/Karma (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• sva-darśana-vivṛddhaye: for the increase of one’s vision/insight
• sva-darśana-vivṛddhaye: Sampradāna (Purpose/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + vivṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (svasyā darśanasya vivṛddhiḥ = increase of one's vision/insight)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhi-Pādukā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-like passage of seasons around a small hidden shrine; Śakti is envisioned placing sacred supports (pādukā/adhāra) into the hollow, while a sādhaka’s aura brightens as brahma-jñāna dawns at year’s end.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Brahma-jñāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady practice over time ripens into realization; sacred places are portrayed as Śakti’s deliberate gifts for spiritual awakening.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthas and the Siddhi-pādukā connected to Śakti’s installation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A year-long commitment is implied: continuing the tīrtha-related devotion until the year’s end to attain brahmajñāna.