Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

एतदर्थं तपस्तप्तं सभार्येण त्वया हि तत् । सपुत्रेणाखिलं जातं फलं तस्य यथेप्सितम्

Transliteration

etadarthaṃ tapastaptaṃ sabhāryeṇa tvayā hi tat | saputreṇākhilaṃ jātaṃ phalaṃ tasya yathepsitam

Translation

నిజంగా నీవు భార్యతో కలిసి ఇదే లక్ష్యంతో తపస్సు చేశావు; కుమారునితో కూడ ఆ తపస్సు ఫలం అంతటా నీవు కోరినట్లే సిద్ధించింది।

Word by Word

• एतदर्थम्: for this purpose
• एतदर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (एतस्य अर्थः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तप्तम्: performed, undergone
• तप्तम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past participle, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सभार्येण: together with (your) wife
• सभार्येण: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (भार्यया सह); नपुंसकलिङ्ग? (as indeclinable-like adjective) here used as विशेषण; तृतीया (3), एकवचन — ‘together with (your) wife’, Instrumental Singular agreeing with त्वया

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Pronoun, Instrumental, Singular

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Pronominal adjective, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सपुत्रेण: together with (your) son
• सपुत्रेण: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (पुत्रेण सह); तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular, ‘together with (your) son’

• अखिलम्: entire, complete
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जातम्: has become, has occurred
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकाले), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; वाक्ये ‘अभवत्/सम्पन्नम्’ अर्थे — Past participle functioning as finite sense

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of that (austerity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; ‘as/according to’)

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; from desiderative sense of √आप्/√इष्; ‘desired’)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past participle used adjectivally

Speaker

Śiva (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama stands with Ahalyā and their son beside the newly manifested liṅga; Śiva’s words affirm that the penance’s fruit has fully arisen as wished.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity undertaken with sincere intent reaches fulfillment; dharmic effort yields its promised fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara sacred complex (liṅga and its tīrtha-context) within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s pilgrimage narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is referenced as the means; no specific vow-details are enumerated in this verse.