Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तथान्ये सिद्धमन्त्रा वा सद्यः प्रत्ययकारकाः । आराधिता यथा सद्यो मानुषाणां वरप्रदाः

Transliteration

tathānye siddhamantrā vā sadyaḥ pratyayakārakāḥ | ārādhitā yathā sadyo mānuṣāṇāṃ varapradāḥ

Translation

یا پھر ایسے دیگر سِدھ منتر بتائیے جو فوراً یقین پیدا کریں—جن کی باقاعدہ آراधना سے انسانوں کو فوراً برکتیں اور ورदान عطا ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; adverb/conjunctive sense: ‘thus/so’)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• सिद्धमन्त्राः: effective/fulfilled mantras
• सिद्धमन्त्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (कृदन्त/विशेषण) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (siddhāḥ mantrāḥ = ‘accomplished/effective mantras’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (indeclinable particle of alternative: ‘or’)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of time)

• प्रत्ययकारकाः: producing immediate conviction
• प्रत्ययकारकाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyaya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (कृदन्त; √kṛ (धातु) + ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pratyayasya kārakāḥ = ‘causing/producing conviction/faith’)

• आराधिताः: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle: ‘having been worshipped/propitiated’)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable: ‘as/just as’)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• मानुषाणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• वरप्रदाः: granting boons
• वरप्रदाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (कृदन्त; √dā (धातु) + प्र + क)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (varān pradadāti iti = ‘granting boons’)

Speaker

Puṣpa (inferred; continuing inquiry about remedy)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seeker asks about ‘siddha-mantras’ that grant immediate assurance; villagers/elders listen, suggesting a forthcoming revelation of a local deity and rite.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is disturbed, one seeks a valid, efficacious spiritual remedy—grounded in proper worship and sanctioned practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request arises within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Puṣpāditya Māhātmya narrative continuum.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of a devatā and use of siddha-mantras are referenced generally, without naming a specific mantra in this verse.