Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 65
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
स्वस्वरूपधराश्चैव ते सर्वे सिद्धिमागताः । अग्न्याधानादयः पुण्या अश्वमेधादयस्तथा
svasvarūpadharāścaiva te sarve siddhimāgatāḥ | agnyādhānādayaḥ puṇyā aśvamedhādayastathā
स्वस्वरूपधराः सर्वे ते सिद्धिमागताः; तथा अग्न्याधानादयः पुण्याः, अश्वमेधादयश्च यज्ञाः फलवन्तोऽभवन्।
Unspecified (narrative voice; likely within the Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue frame of the Bhūmi-khaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्वस्वरूपधराश्चैव = स्वस्वरूपधराः + च + एव; सिद्धिमागताः = सिद्धिम् + आगताः; अग्न्याधानादयः (अग्नि + आधान → अग्न्याधान, यण्-सन्धि); अश्वमेधादयः समासान्त ‘-आदयः’।
FAQs
It links the attainment of “siddhi” (spiritual accomplishment) with beings returning to their proper nature, and it affirms the purifying, merit-producing power of major Vedic rites such as agnyādhāna and aśvamedha.
Agnyādhāna is the formal establishment of the sacred household fires that grounds a life of Vedic ritual duty; aśvamedha is a royal soma-sacrifice regarded as one of the most prestigious yajñas in the Vedic tradition.
Dharma is portrayed as both inner (living in one’s true nature) and outer (rightly performed sacred duties); when aligned, they culminate in spiritual fulfillment and auspicious results.