Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

एतदर्थं तपस्तप्तं सभार्येण त्वया हि तत् । सपुत्रेणाखिलं जातं फलं तस्य यथेप्सितम्

Transliteration

etadarthaṃ tapastaptaṃ sabhāryeṇa tvayā hi tat | saputreṇākhilaṃ jātaṃ phalaṃ tasya yathepsitam

Translation

اسی مقصد کے لیے تم نے اپنی زوجہ کے ساتھ تپسیا کی تھی؛ اور بیٹے سمیت اس تپ کا پورا پھل ویسا ہی ظاہر ہوا جیسا تم نے چاہا تھا۔

Word by Word

• एतदर्थम्: for this purpose
• एतदर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (एतस्य अर्थः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तप्तम्: performed, undergone
• तप्तम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past participle, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सभार्येण: together with (your) wife
• सभार्येण: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (भार्यया सह); नपुंसकलिङ्ग? (as indeclinable-like adjective) here used as विशेषण; तृतीया (3), एकवचन — ‘together with (your) wife’, Instrumental Singular agreeing with त्वया

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Pronoun, Instrumental, Singular

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Pronominal adjective, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सपुत्रेण: together with (your) son
• सपुत्रेण: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (पुत्रेण सह); तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular, ‘together with (your) son’

• अखिलम्: entire, complete
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जातम्: has become, has occurred
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकाले), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; वाक्ये ‘अभवत्/सम्पन्नम्’ अर्थे — Past participle functioning as finite sense

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of that (austerity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; ‘as/according to’)

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; from desiderative sense of √आप्/√इष्; ‘desired’)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past participle used adjectivally

Speaker

Śiva (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama stands with Ahalyā and their son beside the newly manifested liṅga; Śiva’s words affirm that the penance’s fruit has fully arisen as wished.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity undertaken with sincere intent reaches fulfillment; dharmic effort yields its promised fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara sacred complex (liṅga and its tīrtha-context) within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s pilgrimage narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is referenced as the means; no specific vow-details are enumerated in this verse.