Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

सह तेन विवर्धेत योगी सिद्धिमुपाश्नुते । द्रव्यं पूर्णमुपादाय पात्रमारोहते भुवः

Transliteration

saha tena vivardheta yogī siddhimupāśnute | dravyaṃ pūrṇamupādāya pātramārohate bhuvaḥ

Translation

与那征兆/修持同增同长，瑜伽行者便得圆满成就。执起盛满资具之器，他仿佛自大地升起，超越寻常界限。

Word by Word

• सह: together/with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सह-शब्दः (सह = with)

• तेन: with that/through him/it
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विवर्धेत: may grow/increase
• विवर्धेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे/विधिलिङ्-सम्भाव्य), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; वि-उपसर्ग

• योगी: the yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: attainment/perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• उपाश्नुते: attains
• उपाश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उप-उपसर्ग

• द्रव्यम्: substance/means
• द्रव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पूर्णम्: full/complete
• पूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (द्रव्यम्-विशेषण)

• उपादाय: having taken
• उपादाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/त्वा-प्रत्यय); उप-उपसर्ग + आ-; ‘having taken’

• पात्रम्: vessel/container
• पात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आरोहते: mounts/ascends
• आरोहते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आ-उपसर्ग

• भुवः: of the earth/world
• भुवः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भुवः)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (भुवः = of the earth/world)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in austere posture, aura-like radiance around the head, lifting from the ground while holding a brimming ritual vessel; earth below appears calm, suggesting mastery over heaviness.

Characters & Entities

• yogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady increase in the chosen discipline culminates in siddhi, portrayed as transcendence over ordinary worldly constraints.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the verse uses ascetic imagery (the filled pātra) to indicate maturity of practice and attainment.