Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

न कश्चिद्यजते यज्ञैर्न दानानि प्रयच्छति । सिद्धेश्वरप्रसादेन सिद्धिं यांति नरा भुवि

Transliteration

na kaścidyajate yajñairna dānāni prayacchati | siddheśvaraprasādena siddhiṃ yāṃti narā bhuvi

Translation

Kahit walang nagsasagawa ng yajña at walang nagbibigay ng dāna, sa biyaya ng Siddheśvara ang mga tao sa lupa ay nakatatamo pa rin ng siddhi, mga katuparang espirituwal.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• यजते: performs sacrifice/worships
• यजते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यज्ञैः: with sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• न: nor, not
• न: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• दानानि: gifts, donations
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• प्रयच्छति: gives, bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सिद्धेश्वरप्रसादेन: by the grace of Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरप्रसादेन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धेश्वर + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धेश्वरस्य प्रसादेन)

• सिद्धिम्: success, attainment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यान्ति: attain, go to
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘भूमि’ अर्थे

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (Arbuda-khaṇḍa narration; likely a ṛṣi/narrator addressing a king, indicated by 'nṛpottama' in nearby verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) in the frame dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: People cease sacrifices and charity, yet at Siddheśvara’s shrine they still attain siddhi through sheer prasāda; the contrast is shown between empty ritual grounds and a crowded sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace can grant siddhi even when formal rituals like yajña and dāna are absent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara—praised here as a powerfully grace-bestowing Śaiva sacred presence within Arbuda’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse contrasts the absence of yajña and dāna with the efficacy of Siddheśvara’s prasāda.