Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तथापि संनिधौ तस्य सिद्धेशस्य नृपोत्तम । कर्मणो जायते सिद्धिः पातकस्य परिक्षयः

Transliteration

tathāpi saṃnidhau tasya siddheśasya nṛpottama | karmaṇo jāyate siddhiḥ pātakasya parikṣayaḥ

Translation

എങ്കിലും, ഹേ നൃപോത്തമാ! ആ സിദ്ധേശന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ കർമ്മസിദ്ധി ഉദിക്കുന്നു; പാപം പൂർണ്ണമായി ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• अपि: even, nevertheless
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादबोधक-निपात (also/even/however)

• संनिधौ: in the presence
• संनिधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सिद्धेशस्य: of Siddheśa (Lord of Siddhas)
• सिद्धेशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धानाम् ईशः)

• नृप-उत्तम: O best of kings
• नृप-उत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमः नृपः)

• कर्मणः: of the rite/action
• कर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सिद्धिः: success
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पातकस्य: of sin
• पातकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• परिक्षयः: complete destruction, cessation
• परिक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśa/Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpoत्तम)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before Siddheśa, a devotee’s undertaking succeeds; dark stains symbolizing sin dissolve into light, while Indra’s attempted barrier is rendered powerless at the sanctum threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Siddheśa (Siddheśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy presence (saṃnidhi) of Siddheśvara grants success and burns away sin—place-based grace is emphasized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara’s sacred presence (a Śiva shrine/tīrtha) within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Being in Siddheśvara’s presence (darśana/saṃnidhi) is presented as the key act yielding siddhi and pātaka-kṣaya.