Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सिद्धेनाराधितो यस्मात्तस्मात्सिद्धेश्वरः स्मृतः । तस्यैव वरदानाद्धि अत्रैवावस्थितो हरः

Transliteration

siddhenārādhito yasmāttasmātsiddheśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ | tasyaiva varadānāddhi atraivāvasthito haraḥ

Translation

ଯେହେତୁ ଏକ ସିଦ୍ଧ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆରାଧନା କରିଥିଲେ, ସେହିପାଇଁ ସେ ‘ସିଦ୍ଧେଶ୍ୱର’ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ; ଏବଂ ସେଇ ଭକ୍ତଙ୍କର ବରଦାନରୁ ହର ଏଠାରେଇ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ଅଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• सिद्धेन: by a siddha (accomplished being)
• सिद्धेन: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (masculine instrumental singular)

• आराधितः: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधितः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√राध् (धातु) + क्त (आराधित)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (past participle: ‘worshipped/propitiated’)

• यस्मात्: because (from the fact) that
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (relative pronoun: masculine ablative singular ‘from which/because’)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (demonstrative pronoun: masculine ablative singular ‘therefore/from that’)

• सिद्धेश्वरः: Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (siddhānām īśvaraḥ: Lord of the Siddhas)

• स्मृतः: is called, is known as
• स्मृतः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (स्मृत)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (past participle: ‘is called/remembered’)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (masculine genitive singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपातः (emphatic particle: ‘indeed/only’)

• वरदानात्: from the granting of a boon
• वरदानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-dāna (प्रातिपदिक; वर + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (varasya dānam: ‘granting of a boon’)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक निपातः (particle: ‘indeed/for’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘here’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपातः (emphatic particle)

• अवस्थितः: abides, remains
• अवस्थितः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√स्था (धातु) + क्त (अवस्थित)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (past participle: ‘remained/abides’)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Siddha (semi-divine yogin) performs intense worship before the liṅga; Śiva appears granting a boon; the boon results in Śiva’s continued presence at the shrine, with the liṅga glowing as ‘Siddheśvara’.

Characters & Entities

• Siddha
• Siddheśvara
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee’s intense worship can ‘anchor’ divine presence, turning a place into a lasting field of grace for others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara (the Śiva-liṅga) established in the local kṣetra described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship/ārādhana of Śiva is implied; the verse primarily gives the etymology and sanctifying backstory.