Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

ततस्तु जायते सिद्धिर्नूनं तन्मंत्रसंभवा । तत्र सौम्येषु कृत्येषु होमः सिद्धार्थकैः सितैः

Transliteration

tatastu jāyate siddhirnūnaṃ tanmaṃtrasaṃbhavā | tatra saumyeṣu kṛtyeṣu homaḥ siddhārthakaiḥ sitaiḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം മന്ത്രജന്യമായ സിദ്ധി നിശ്ചയമായി ഉദിക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ സൗമ്യവും ശുഭവുമായ കൃത്യങ്ങളിൽ വെളുത്ത കടുക് (സിദ്ധാർത്ഥക) കൊണ്ടു ഹോമം ചെയ്യണം.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial): ‘thereafter/from that’

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle/conjunction): contrast/emphasis

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)

• siddhiḥ: success/accomplishment
• siddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक (certainty particle/adverb)

• tat-mantra-sambhavā: arising from that mantra
• tat-mantra-sambhavā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष: ‘that-mantra-originated’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb): ‘there/in that context’

• saumyeṣu: in auspicious (rites)
• saumyeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saumya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (m/n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), बहुवचन (pl)

• kṛtyeṣu: in rites/acts
• kṛtyeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), बहुवचन (pl)

• homaḥ: fire-offering (homa)
• homaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

• siddhārthakaiḥ: with white mustard seeds
• siddhārthakaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhārthaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), तृतीया (Instr. 3), बहुवचन (pl)

• sitaiḥ: white
• sitaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), तृतीया (Instr. 3), बहुवचन (pl); ‘white’ (agreeing with siddhārthakaiḥ)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama (a leading brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet sacred seat near a tīrtha: a practitioner performs a small homa in a clean fire-pit, offering white mustard seeds while softly reciting a mantra; the atmosphere is serene and beneficent.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• Citreśvarīpīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When practice is completed correctly, siddhi manifests naturally; ritual substances are chosen to match the rite’s intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification remains Camatkārapura and its Citreśvarīpīṭha as a siddhi-giving sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For saumya (benign) rites, perform homa using white mustard seeds (sita-siddhārthaka).