Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

क्रमेण विधिपूर्वं च नानाश्चर्यसमन्वितः । समाराध्य ततो विष्णुं तपसा दुश्चरेण वै

Transliteration

krameṇa vidhipūrvaṃ ca nānāścaryasamanvitaḥ | samārādhya tato viṣṇuṃ tapasā duścareṇa vai

Translation

Pagkaraan, ayon sa wastong pagkakasunod at sa tamang ritwal—sa gitna ng maraming kababalaghan—sinamba niya si Viṣṇu at tunay na nagsagawa ng napakahirap na tapas (pag-aayuno at pagninilay).

Word by Word

• krameṇa: gradually, in due order
• krameṇa: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘क्रमेण’ = क्रमशः

• vidhi-pūrvam: according to rule/ritually
• vidhi-pūrvam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial compound): विधिपूर्वम् = विधिना पूर्वम्/विधिपूर्वकं

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• nānā-āścarya-samanvitaḥ: endowed with various wonders
• nānā-āścarya-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + āścarya (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त, सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘समन्वित’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• samārādhya: having worshipped/propitiated
• samārādhya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-rādh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): समाराध्य = सम्यक् आराधनं कृत्वा

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक adverb): ततः = तस्मात् अनन्तरम्

• viṣṇum: Vishnu
• viṣṇum: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• duścareṇa: hard to perform
• duścareṇa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duścara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपसा इति शब्दस्य)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/उपपादक particle)

Speaker

Agastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā (tapas-bhūmi context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Candra performs severe austerities and orderly worship of Viṣṇu; wondrous signs appear—celestial lights, blooming lotuses, or divine attendants—while the ascetic remains focused.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tapas (austerity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred results arise from disciplined worship performed in correct order, strengthened by sincere austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s sanctity is implied as the place where Viṣṇu is worshipped and wondrous signs occur.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship according to vidhi (proper procedure) and the undertaking of duścara tapas (arduous austerity).