Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

त्रिकालं पूजयामासपुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः । तथान्यैर्बलिसत्का रैर्गीतैर्नृत्यैःपृथग्विधैः

Transliteration

trikālaṃ pūjayāmāsapuṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ | tathānyairbalisatkā rairgītairnṛtyaiḥpṛthagvidhaiḥ

Translation

وكان يعبد ذلك اللِنْغا في أوقات اليوم الثلاثة بالزهور والبخور والأدهان العِطْرة؛ وكذلك بسائر القرابين والتكريمات، مع الأناشيد والرقصات على اختلاف أنواعها.

Word by Word

• त्रिकालम्: thrice daily
• त्रिकालम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: 'three times a day')

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect/आम-प्रयोग), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: with flowers, incense, and unguents
• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + धूप + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (पुष्प-धूप-अनुलेपन), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise)

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘बलिसत्कारैः…’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• बलिसत्कारैः: with offerings and honors
• बलिसत्कारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि + सत्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व/समाहारार्थक (बलि- सत्कार), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गीतैः: with songs
• गीतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नृत्यैः: with dances
• नृत्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पृथग्विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथग् + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (‘पृथग्विध’ = विविध), पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘गीतैः नृत्यैः’ इत्यादीनां विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual continuation after Sūta’s framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasrākṣeśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three daily worship scenes in one tableau: dawn lamps and flowers, midday incense and unguents, evening ārati with singers and dancers before the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrākṣeśa Liṅga (contextual)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, time-disciplined worship (trikāla-pūjā) joined with heartfelt devotion is presented as the path to divine pleasure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine-site of Sahasrākṣeśa within the Adhyāya 22 tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Trikāla worship with upacāras: flowers (puṣpa), incense (dhūpa), unguents (anulepana), offerings (bali), honors (satkāra), and devotional arts (gīta, nṛtya).