Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

यदाप्तिर्दुलभा लोके योगसिद्धिप्रदायिका

Transliteration

yadāptirdulabhā loke yogasiddhipradāyikā

Translation

यद् लोके दुर्लभा प्राप्तिः सा योगसिद्धिप्रदायिनी।

Word by Word

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• आप्तिः: attainment
• आप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दुलभा: hard to obtain
• दुलभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुलभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• योगसिद्धिप्रदायिका: bestowing yogic attainments
• योगसिद्धिप्रदायिका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग-सिद्धि-प्रदायिका (प्रातिपदिक; योग + सिद्धि + प्रदायिका)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (deduced; continuation of instruction to Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sādhaka at a sanctified shrine/riverbank, aura of stillness; subtle iconography of siddhi—light rising through the suṣumṇā toward the crown.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest yogic attainment is rare, and precisely because of its rarity it is revered as the source of true yogic perfection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This fragment does not name a tīrtha; it functions as a concluding emphasis on the rarity of attainment within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is specified in this line; it underscores the value of attaining the yogic goal.