Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सिद्धेश्वरः सुरश्रेष्ठ एकत्र समुदाहृतः । तस्मिन्दृष्टे तथा स्पृष्टे पूजिते नृपसत्तम । सर्वेषां लभते मर्त्यः फलं यत्परिकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

siddheśvaraḥ suraśreṣṭha ekatra samudāhṛtaḥ | tasmindṛṣṭe tathā spṛṣṭe pūjite nṛpasattama | sarveṣāṃ labhate martyaḥ phalaṃ yatparikīrtitam

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราชผู้ประเสริฐ พระสิทธิเศวร ผู้เลิศในหมู่ทวยเทพ ได้ประกาศว่าประทับรวมอยู่ ณ ที่เดียวนี้ เมื่อได้เห็น ได้สัมผัส และได้บูชาแล้ว ข้าแต่มหาราชผู้ยอดเยี่ยม มนุษย์ย่อมได้รับผลบุญที่กล่าวไว้แห่งบรรดาตีรถะและสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• सिद्धेश्वरः: Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; देवता-नाम

• सुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• एकत्र: in one place
• एकत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• समुदाहृतः: has been proclaimed
• समुदाहृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has been mentioned/declared’

• तस्मिन्: in him/there
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in him/there’

• दृष्टे: when seen
• दृष्टे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग; लोके सप्तमी (absolute locative): ‘when (he is) seen’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक)

• स्पृष्टे: when touched
• स्पृष्टे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग; लोके सप्तमी: ‘when touched’

• पूजिते: when worshipped
• पूजिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग; लोके सप्तमी: ‘when worshipped’

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘O best of kings’

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘of all (people)’

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘obtains’

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘a mortal’

• फलम्: the result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘fruit/result’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्, ‘which’ (फलम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• परिकीर्तितम्: proclaimed
• परिकीर्तितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has been proclaimed’ (फलस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa-sattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal pilgrim approaches Siddheśvara; the liṅga radiates as ‘all tīrthas’ symbolically converge—rivers, mountains, and sacred emblems appearing as a halo while the devotee performs darśana, sparśa, and pūjā.

Characters & Entities

• Siddheśvara
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct devotional engagement—darśana, sparśa, and pūjā—at a highly sanctified Śiva-sthāna grants comprehensive spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara situated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, praised as a concentrated locus of tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform darśana (seeing), sparśa (reverent touch), and pūjā (worship) of Siddheśvara to obtain the extolled fruits.