Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तत्र सिद्धिं गताः पूर्वं मुनयः संशितव्रताः । विदुरेश्वरमाराध्य शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

tatra siddhiṃ gatāḥ pūrvaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | vidureśvaramārādhya śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

وہاں قدیم زمانے میں سخت عہد والے رشیوں نے وِدُریشور کی عبادت کر کے سینکڑوں بلکہ ہزاروں کی تعداد میں روحانی کمال (سِدّھی) حاصل کی۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

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

• गताः: having gone/attained
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्रियापद-समर्थ (past participle used predicatively)

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of time)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• संशितव्रताः: of well-disciplined vows
• संशितव्रताः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक); संशित (कृदन्त) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective qualifying मुनयः)

• विदुरेश्वरम्: Vidureśvara (Lord at Vidura)
• विदुरेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + आराध्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘by hundreds’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: then/and)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘by thousands’)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidureśvara (associated Devadroṇī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove with a liṅga-shrine; rows of austere sages with matted hair and deer-skins offer bilva leaves, water, and lamps to Vidureśvara; the air shimmers with tapas as multitudes attain siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Vidureśvara
• Munis (Sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady vows and sincere worship at a sanctified Śaiva site culminate in siddhi (spiritual attainment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vidureśvara—the Śiva-liṅga/tīrtha associated with Vidura—within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 59.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation (ārādhana/pūjā) of Vidureśvara is presented as the means by which sages attained siddhi.