Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ततः षष्टिसहस्राणि वालखिल्या महर्षयः । तत्र सिद्धिमनुप्राप्तास्तेन सिद्धेश्वरेति च

Transliteration

tataḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi vālakhilyā maharṣayaḥ | tatra siddhimanuprāptāstena siddheśvareti ca

Translation

其后，六万位瓦拉奇利亚（Vālakhilya）大圣仙在彼处证得成就（siddhi）；因此此地亦名“悉地主”（Siddheśvara）。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi: sixty thousand
• ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi-sahasra (प्रातिपदिक; षष्टि + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्या-समूहवाचक (sixty-thousands)

• vālakhilyāḥ: Vālakhilyas
• vālakhilyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālakhilya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘maharṣayaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (locative adverb)

• siddhim: attainment; success
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘anuprāptāḥ’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• anuprāptāḥ: having attained
• anuprāptāḥ: Kriya (Action/result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from anu+√āp; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृसामानाधिकरण्येन (agreeing with sages)

• tena: therefore; by that
• tena: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे (therefore/by that)

• siddheśvaraḥ: Siddheśvara
• siddheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नामरूपेण (as a name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Characters & Entities

• Vālakhilya sages
• Siddhi
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes renowned because realized beings attained siddhi there; the site’s sanctity is authenticated by rishi-accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa Kṣetra liṅga revered also as Siddheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated; the verse explains the origin of the epithet ‘Siddheśvara’.