Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अरण्यवासिनं सम्यग्दिवारात्रमतंद्रितः । गतश्च परमां सिद्धिं दुर्लभां त्रिदशैरपि

Transliteration

araṇyavāsinaṃ samyagdivārātramataṃdritaḥ | gataśca paramāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi

Translation

അവൻ അരണ്യവാസിയുടെ ധർമ്മം ശരിയായി അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച്, പകലും രാത്രിയും അലംഭാവമില്ലാതെ തുടരുകയും; ദേവന്മാർക്കും ദുർലഭമായ പരമ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• अरण्यवासिनम्: a forest-dweller
• अरण्यवासिनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘one dwelling in the forest’

• सम्यक्: properly; thoroughly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘properly/fully’

• दिवारात्रम्: day and night
• दिवारात्रम्: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासः; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; ‘day and night’ (अव्ययवत्)

• अतन्द्रितः: untiring
• अतन्द्रितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः) — ‘untiring, unwearied’

• गतः: attained; went to
• गतः: Kriya (Action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone/attained’ (सिद्ध्यर्थे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सिद्धिम्)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment; perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• दुर्लभाम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभाम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सिद्धिम्)

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods
• त्रिदशैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अप्यर्थ-निपात: ‘even/also’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic lives in the forest near the tīrtha, practicing austerities continuously through day and night; the culmination is depicted as a serene yet powerful radiance indicating supreme siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• tridaśa (devas)
• siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-grace matures through disciplined living and continuous practice, culminating in rare siddhi beyond ordinary merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhāskara-connected tīrtha/kuṇḍa of Adhyāya 212, shown as a support for tapas leading to supreme attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous, vigilant sādhana (day-and-night effort) and araṇya-vāsa-style discipline as part of tapas.