Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

एवं तत्र समासाद्य सिद्धिं मंत्रसमुद्भवाम् । तत्र पीठे ततः कृत्यं साधयेत्स्वेच्छया नरः

Transliteration

evaṃ tatra samāsādya siddhiṃ maṃtrasamudbhavām | tatra pīṭhe tataḥ kṛtyaṃ sādhayetsvecchayā naraḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ അവിടെ മന്ത്രജന്യ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ച ശേഷം, ആ പവിത്ര പീഠത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യൻ തന്റെ ഇച്ഛാനുസാരം കൃത്യം സാധിപ്പിക്കാം.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb): ‘thus’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• samāsādya: having attained/approached
• samāsādya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-sad (धातु) → samāsādya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund): ‘having approached/attained’

• siddhim: success
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg)

• mantra-samudbhavām: arising from mantra
• mantra-samudbhavām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: ‘arisen from mantra’ (agreeing with siddhim)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• pīṭhe: on/at the sacred seat (pīṭha)
• pīṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन (sg)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमान्वय (sequence adverb): ‘then/thereafter’

• kṛtyam: the rite/act
• kṛtyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg)

• sādhayet: should accomplish/perform
• sādhayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sādh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)

• sva-icchayā: by (his) own wish
• sva-icchayā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: ‘by one’s own will’

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

Speaker

Unspecified (instructional voice within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sādhaka arrives at a marked pīṭha (stone seat or sanctified platform) near a shrine; after successful mantra practice, a subtle aura indicates siddhi, and the person begins a chosen sacred undertaking.

Characters & Entities

• pīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When practice is completed in a sanctified place, mantra-siddhi is portrayed as empowering dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘pīṭha’ is praised as the locus of siddhi; the narrative soon identifies it explicitly as Cित्रेश्वर-pīṭha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Complete mantra-sādhana to attain siddhi, then undertake desired rites/works at the pīṭha.