Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

एतत्प्रभावं यत्पीठं मंत्राणां सिद्धिकारकम् । ऐहिकानां फलानां च तन्मया वः प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

etatprabhāvaṃ yatpīṭhaṃ maṃtrāṇāṃ siddhikārakam | aihikānāṃ phalānāṃ ca tanmayā vaḥ prakīrtitam

Translation

മന്ത്രങ്ങൾക്ക് സിദ്ധി നൽകുകയും ഐഹിക ഫലങ്ങളും പ്രസാദിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന ആ പുണ്യപീഠത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവം ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളോട് പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• एतत्-प्रभावम्: this power
• एतत्-प्रभावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव: ‘एतस्य प्रभावः’ (this power)

• यत्-पीठम्: the seat/shrine whose (it is)
• यत्-पीठम्: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘यस्य पीठम्’

• मन्त्राणाम्: of mantras
• मन्त्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सिद्धिकारकम्: bringing accomplishment
• सिद्धिकारकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सिद्धेः कारकम्’

• ऐहिकानाम्: worldly (of this life)
• ऐहिकानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐहिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• फलानाम्: of fruits/results
• फलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

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

• तत्: that (place/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/6th), बहुवचन; दत्त/सम्बन्धार्थे

• प्रकीर्तितम्: has been proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(मया) प्रकीर्तितम्’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: मंत्रसिद्धिपीठ (unnamed here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage gestures toward a sanctified pīṭha marked by auspicious symbols; pilgrims approach with offerings; subtle divine radiance indicates mantra-siddhi potency.

Characters & Entities

• pīṭha (mantra-siddhi seat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights tīrtha as a spiritually charged locus where disciplined practice bears tangible fruits, reaffirming the Purāṇic idea of sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A mantra-siddhi ‘pīṭha’ within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact name is not contained in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it summarizes the site’s capacity to grant mantra-siddhi and aihika-phala (worldly results).