Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

ऐन्द्रे सौम्ये प्रजापत्ये ब्राह्मे चाष्टसु सिद्धयः । भवंति चाष्टौ शृणु ताः पार्थिवी या च तैजसी

Transliteration

aindre saumye prajāpatye brāhme cāṣṭasu siddhayaḥ | bhavaṃti cāṣṭau śṛṇu tāḥ pārthivī yā ca taijasī

Translation

အိန္ဒြ (Aindra)၊ သောမ്യ (Saumya)၊ ပရာဇာပတျ (Prājāpatya) နှင့် ဗြာဟ္မ (Brāhma) တို့၌ စိဒ္ဓိ (siddhi) များသည် အရှစ်အစုအဖြစ် ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။ ထိုစိဒ္ဓိတို့သည် အရှစ်မျိုးဖြစ်လာ၏—နားထောင်လော့၊ ‘မြေဓာတ်’ နှင့် ‘မီးဓာတ်’ အမျိုးတို့လည်း ပါဝင်သည်။

Word by Word

• ऐन्द्रे: in the Aindra (sphere)
• ऐन्द्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (locative: in the Aindra [region/mandala])

• सौम्ये: in the Saumya (sphere)
• सौम्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative, Singular)

• प्रजापत्ये: in the Prajāpatya (sphere)
• प्रजापत्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजापत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative, Singular)

• ब्राह्मे: in the Brāhma (sphere)
• ब्राह्मे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• अष्टसु: in eight (places)
• अष्टसु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Locative, Plural; numeral used adjectivally)

• सिद्धयः: accomplishments, siddhis
• सिद्धयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

• भवन्ति: are, occur
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd person, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• अष्टौ: eight (in number)
• अष्टौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative, Plural; numeral used substantively)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular)

• ताः: those (siddhis)
• ताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Plural; demonstrative pronoun)

• पार्थिवी: earthly
• पार्थिवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (one siddhi, feminine)

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• तैजसी: fiery, luminous
• तैजसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैजसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (one siddhi, feminine)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mandala of directions labeled Aindra/Saumya/Prājāpatya/Brāhma; eight siddhi symbols appear as icons; two elemental motifs—earth (mountain/soil) and fire (flame/sun)—color the powers.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Soma
• Prajāpati
• Brahmā
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It systematizes yogic powers within a cosmic framework, implying that siddhis are structured phenomena—not the final goal of liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is glorified; the verse maps siddhis to cosmological categories.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; it introduces a taxonomy of siddhis for the yogin’s understanding.