Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

त्रिलोचनार्चकानां सा पदवी न दवीयसी । परं निर्वाणपद्माया महासौख्यैकशेवधेः

Transliteration

trilocanārcakānāṃ sā padavī na davīyasī | paraṃ nirvāṇapadmāyā mahāsaukhyaikaśevadheḥ

Translation

إن المقام الذي يناله عابدو تريلوتشانا ليس ببعيدٍ ألبتة—إنه المنـزلة العليا: لوتسُ التحرر، وكنزُ السعادة العظمى الأوحد.

Word by Word

• त्रिलोचनार्चकानाम्: of the worshippers of Trilocana
• त्रिलोचनार्चकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिलोचन + अर्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिलोचनस्य अर्चकाः)

• सा: that (she/that path)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पदवी: path/way/state
• पदवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दवीयसी: farther/very far
• दवीयसी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative)

• परम्: supremely/indeed
• परम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial usage)

• निर्वाणपद्मायाः: of the lotus of nirvāṇa (liberation)
• निर्वाणपद्मायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण + पद्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (निर्वाणस्य पद्मा)

• महासौख्यैकशेवधेः: of the sole treasure of great bliss
• महासौख्यैकशेवधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + सौख्य + एक + शेवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महासौख्यस्य एकः शेवधिः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana-liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Likely) sages/devotees in Kāśī-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Kāśī shrine of Trilocana: devotees offering bilva leaves and lamps; behind the liṅga, a symbolic lotus of liberation blooming, radiating calm light over the ghāṭa skyline.

Characters & Entities

• Trilocana
• Nirvāṇa (Mokṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship of Trilocana in Kāśī leads swiftly to the supreme goal—liberation characterized as perfect bliss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), specifically the sanctity of the Trilocana Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (devotional worship) of Trilocana is praised as the direct means to attain mokṣa.