Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तानि नाशं समायांति तत्र सिद्धे श्वरार्चनात् । एवं ज्ञात्वा तु यत्नेन तत्र यात्रां समाचरेत्

Transliteration

tāni nāśaṃ samāyāṃti tatra siddhe śvarārcanāt | evaṃ jñātvā tu yatnena tatra yātrāṃ samācaret

Translation

ആ വിഘ്നങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം അവിടെ സിദ്ധേശ്വരാരാധനയാൽ നശിക്കുന്നു. ഇതറിഞ്ഞ്, പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ ആ സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് തീർത്ഥയാത്ര നടത്തണം.

Word by Word

• तानि: those (i.e., those obstacles)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समायान्ति: go/come to (meet with)
• समायान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')

• सिद्धेश्वरार्चनात्: from the worship of Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरार्चनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धेश्वर + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सिद्धेश्वरस्य अर्चनम् → सिद्धेश्वरार्चनम्)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus')

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having known'

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यत्नेन: with effort
• यत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समाचरेत्: should undertake/practise
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara (Varārohā, Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined pilgrim performs Siddheśvara-arcana—offering water, bilva, incense—while dark vighna-forms dissolve; the scene ends with the pilgrim setting out on a path, symbolizing ‘yatnena yātrā’.

Characters & Entities

• Siddheśvara
• Yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is achieved by worship: devotion to Siddheśvara is presented as the practical means to dissolve inner vighnas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara’s shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, recommended as a destination for yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Siddheśvarārcana (worship of Siddheśvara) and purposeful yātrā (pilgrimage) are explicitly enjoined.