Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ऋषितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा सिद्धेश्वरं हरम् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

ṛṣitīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā siddheśvaraṃ haram | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

رِشی تیرتھ میں اشنان کرکے اور سدھیشور ہر کے درشن کرکے انسان اپنی سب مرادیں پالیتا ہے؛ اس میں شک یا مزید غور کی کوئی حاجت نہیں۔

Word by Word

• ऋषितीर्थे: at the sage’s sacred ford (Ṛṣi-tīrtha)
• ऋषितीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; components: ऋषि + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋषेः तीर्थम्)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; components: सिद्ध + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सिद्धः ईश्वरः)

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; शिव-पर्याय

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: अव-

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कार्या: necessary / to be done
• कार्या: Karta (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• विचारणा: consideration, deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha (with Siddheśvara-darśana)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, wet from sacred bathing, approaches a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Siddheśvara with folded hands; attendants hold water-pots and bilva leaves; the tīrtha water glints nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣitīrtha
• Siddheśvara
• Hara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa asserts the extraordinary efficacy of tīrtha-snān and Śiva-darśana when performed in the sanctified kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṣitīrtha and the darśana of Siddheśvara (Hara) in the Dvārakā-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Ṛṣitīrtha and take darśana of Siddheśvara Hara.