Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
सिद्धलक्ष्मीति विख्याता ह्यत्र पीठाधिदेवता
Transliteration
siddhalakṣmīti vikhyātā hyatra pīṭhādhidevatā
Translation
یہاں اس مقدس پیٹھ کی ادھیدیوَتا ‘سدھ لکشمی’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔
Word by Word
सिद्धलक्ष्मीSiddhalakṣmī (the accomplished Lakṣmī)
सिद्धलक्ष्मी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धलक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + लक्ष्मी)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सिद्धा लक्ष्मीः)
इतिthus, as (called)
इति:
Sambandha/Quotation marker (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरणचिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)
विख्याताrenowned, well-known
विख्याता:
Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-ख्यात (धातु √ख्यात्/ख्यायते; कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त/क्तवतु-प्रायः), ‘renowned/known’
हिindeed, for
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपातः (emphatic/causal particle)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
पीठाधिदेवताthe presiding deity of the pīṭha
पीठाधिदेवता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपीठाधिदेवता (प्रातिपदिक; पीठ + अधिदेवता)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पीठस्य अधिदेवता)
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Siddhalakṣmī-pīṭha
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A radiant goddess Siddhalakṣmī enthroned as pīṭha-devatā, holding lotus symbols; pilgrims approach with lamps and garlands; the shrine is depicted as a ‘seat’ (pīṭha) with yogic/yantric undertones.
Characters & Entities
S
SiddhalakṣmīP
Pīṭha (Śākta seat)FAQs
Divine power is localized through pīṭhas; knowing the presiding deity strengthens devotional focus and right worship.
The Siddhalakṣmī pīṭha within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred region.
None explicitly; it identifies the deity to be revered at the seat.