Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
पूजयित्वा महादेवं सिद्धेश्वरमुमापतिम् । सफलं जन्म मर्त्यस्य जीवितं च सुजीवितम्
Transliteration
pūjayitvā mahādevaṃ siddheśvaramumāpatim | saphalaṃ janma martyasya jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam
Translation
മഹാദേവനായ സിദ്ധേശ്വരൻ, ഉമാപതിയെ ആരാധിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യജന്മം ഫലപ്രദമാകുന്നു; ജീവിതവും യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ സുജീവിതമാകുന്നു.
Word by Word
पूजयित्वाhaving worshipped
पूजयित्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया
महादेवम्Mahādeva (Śiva)
महादेवम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (महान् देवः)
सिद्धेश्वरम्Lord of the Siddhas
सिद्धेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object; apposition to Mahādeva)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (सिद्धानाम् ईश्वरः)
उमापतिम्husband of Umā
उमापतिम्:
Karma (Object; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootउमा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (उमायाः पतिः)
सफलम्fruitful
सफलम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (जन्म इति)
जन्मbirth, life
जन्म:
Karma/Viṣaya (that which is described)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
मर्त्यस्यof a mortal
मर्त्यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन
जीवितम्life
जीवितम्:
Karma/Viṣaya (that which is described)
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात
सुजीवितम्well-lived, good life
सुजीवितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (सु-जीवितम् = उत्तमं जीवितम्); विशेषण (जीवितम् इति)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee stands before Siddheśvara Mahādeva, offering flowers and incense; Śiva is depicted as Umāpati with gentle majesty, conveying the blessing of a fulfilled life.
Characters & Entities
M
MahādevaS
SiddheśvaraU
UmāŚ
ŚivaFAQs
Life’s highest success is devotion: worship of Śiva (Siddheśvara) sanctifies and fulfills human existence.
Siddheśvara’s shrine/kṣetra in the Dvārakā-māhātmya landscape of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.
Perform pūjā of Mahādeva Siddheśvara (Umāpati).