Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

वयं चिरात्समायाताः स्थानेऽस्मिन्मुनिसत्तमाः । स त्वं सिद्धिमनुप्राप्तो मंत्रादस्मादसंशयम्

Transliteration

vayaṃ cirātsamāyātāḥ sthāne'sminmunisattamāḥ | sa tvaṃ siddhimanuprāpto maṃtrādasmādasaṃśayam

Translation

ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, ഞങ്ങൾ ഏറെകാലത്തിന് ശേഷം ഈ സ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു. നീ ഈ മന്ത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ സംശയമില്ലാതെ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन (1st person pronoun)

• चिरात्: after a long time
• चिरात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरात् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘after a long time’)

• समायाताः: have come, arrived
• समायाताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) used predicatively

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• मुनि-सत्तमाः: best of sages
• मुनि-सत्तमाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां सत्तमाः)

• सः: therefore/that (one)
• सः: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• सिद्धिम्: success, attainment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुप्राप्तः: have attained
• अनुप्राप्तः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + प्र-आप् (धातु) → अनुप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) used predicatively

• मन्त्रात्: from the mantra, due to the mantra
• मन्त्रात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (ablative: cause/source)

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशयम् (अव्यय; from a- + संशय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘without doubt’)

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munisattamāḥ addressed; accomplished sādhaka addressed as ‘tvam’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of radiant sages arrives at Prabhāsa after a long interval, addressing an accomplished ascetic with reverence, affirming his mantra-siddhi in the sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Viśākha
• Mantra
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere mantra practice, supported by holy place and renunciation, culminates in siddhi and inner certainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as a powerful setting for mantra-japa and realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-japa is affirmed as the effective discipline leading to siddhi.