Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

दुष्कृतं याति विलयं सुकृतं च विवर्द्धते । भवेन्मनोरथावाप्तिः प्रणते सिद्धनायके

Transliteration

duṣkṛtaṃ yāti vilayaṃ sukṛtaṃ ca vivarddhate | bhavenmanorathāvāptiḥ praṇate siddhanāyake

Translation

സിദ്ധനായകനോട് പ്രണാമം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഭക്തന്റെ ദുഷ്കൃത്യം നശിക്കുന്നു; സുകൃത്യം വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നു; മനോരഥസിദ്ധിയും ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed, sin
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (दुष् + कृत)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विलयम्: dissolution, destruction
• विलयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे द्वितीया (to dissolution)

• सुकृतम्: merit, good deed
• सुकृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समास (सु + कृत)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• विवर्धते: increases, grows
• विवर्धते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: वि-

• भवेत्: would occur / may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनोरथावाप्तिः: attainment of desired wishes
• मनोरथावाप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ-अवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; components: मनोरथ + अवाप्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मनोरथस्य अवाप्तिः)

• प्रणते: in/for the one who is bowed (devout)
• प्रणते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नत (कृदन्त; √नम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘having bowed’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (when/for one who is bowed)

• सिद्धनायके: in Siddhanāyaka (the lord named Siddhanāyaka)
• सिद्धनायके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-नायक (प्रातिपदिक; components: सिद्ध + नायक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (सिद्धः नायकः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhanāyaka (Siddheśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee prostrates fully (ṣaṣṭāṅga/pañcāṅga) before Siddhanāyaka; a visual metaphor shows dark clouds (sins) dispersing and a bright aura (merit) expanding, with a blossoming wish-tree symbolizing fulfilled aspirations.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhanāyaka
• Siddheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility before Śiva transforms karma: demerit dissolves, merit grows, and right desires are fulfilled.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara/Siddhanāyaka’s sacred presence in the Dvārakā-māhātmya portion of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing) to Siddhanāyaka, presented as a powerful devotional act.