Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

ते सर्वे सिद्धिमायांति तस्मिन्स्थाने कृता अपि । आदितीर्थं नृपश्रेष्ठ काजेशैरुपसेवितम्

Transliteration

te sarve siddhimāyāṃti tasminsthāne kṛtā api | āditīrthaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha kājeśairupasevitam

Translation

وہ سب اعمال، اگر اسی مقام پر کیے جائیں، تو کامیابی کو پہنچتے ہیں۔ اے بہترین بادشاہ! یہ آدِی تیرتھ (آدِتیِرتھ) ہے، جس کی کाजیش نامی صاحبِ اقتدار ہستیاں زیارت و تعظیم کرتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—ते

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आयान्ति: attain/come to
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कृताः: performed
• कृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘done/performed’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अपि-समुच्चय/अपवादार्थ (particle: even/also)

• आदितीर्थम्: the primordial sacred ford
• आदितीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—आदि-तीर्थम् (the prime/first tīrtha)

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—नृपाणां श्रेष्ठः

• काजेशैः: by the Kājeśas (name unclear)
• काजेशैः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काजेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट-प्रातिपदिक (सम्भवतः ‘काज’/‘काजि’ इत्यादि)

• उपसेवितम्: frequented/attended
• उपसेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + सेव् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘frequented/served’

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āditīrtha (associated with Dharmakūpa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings; vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous primordial tīrtha: Dharmakūpa and its waters radiate; celestial beings (deva-like ‘kājeśas’) offer flowers and lamps; a king and sages perform rites that visibly ‘take effect’—fire burns bright, mantras shown as light-streams.

Characters & Entities

• Āditīrtha
• Dharmakūpa/Dharmāraṇya (context)
• kājeśas (as transmitted)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place amplifies practice: rites gain siddhi when aligned with a sanctified locus revered even by higher beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Āditīrtha, described as a primordial tīrtha within the Dharmāraṇya sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states that the previously listed practices (japa, dāna, etc.) attain siddhi when performed at that specific place.