Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तत्र सिद्धिं गताः पूर्वं मुनयः संशितव्रताः । विदुरेश्वरमाराध्य शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

tatra siddhiṃ gatāḥ pūrvaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | vidureśvaramārādhya śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Di sana, pada zaman dahulu, para muni yang teguh nazarnya mencapai siddhi rohani setelah memuja Vidureśvara—beratus-ratus, bahkan beribu-ribu.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

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

• गताः: having gone/attained
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्रियापद-समर्थ (past participle used predicatively)

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of time)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• संशितव्रताः: of well-disciplined vows
• संशितव्रताः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक); संशित (कृदन्त) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective qualifying मुनयः)

• विदुरेश्वरम्: Vidureśvara (Lord at Vidura)
• विदुरेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + आराध्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘by hundreds’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: then/and)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘by thousands’)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidureśvara (associated Devadroṇī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove with a liṅga-shrine; rows of austere sages with matted hair and deer-skins offer bilva leaves, water, and lamps to Vidureśvara; the air shimmers with tapas as multitudes attain siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Vidureśvara
• Munis (Sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady vows and sincere worship at a sanctified Śaiva site culminate in siddhi (spiritual attainment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vidureśvara—the Śiva-liṅga/tīrtha associated with Vidura—within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 59.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation (ārādhana/pūjā) of Vidureśvara is presented as the means by which sages attained siddhi.