Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

जयंतस्य हरस्तुष्टस्तस्मिल्लिंगे स्तुतः सदा । त्रिकालं पुत्रसंयुक्तः पूजनार्थं सुरेश्वरः

Transliteration

jayaṃtasya harastuṣṭastasmilliṃge stutaḥ sadā | trikālaṃ putrasaṃyuktaḥ pūjanārthaṃ sureśvaraḥ

Translation

Hara (Śiva), Jayaṃta wohlgesinnt, wird an jenem Liṅga stets gepriesen. Der Herr der Götter (Indra) kommt, mit seinem Sohn vereint, zu den drei Tageszeiten zum Gottesdienst.

Word by Word

• जयंतस्य: of Jayanta
• जयंतस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — predicate adjective

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — demonstrative used with 'liṅge'

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — अधिकरण

• स्तुतः: is praised
• स्तुतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — passive sense 'praised'

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — 'always'

• त्रिकालम्: thrice daily
• त्रिकालम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (accusative used adverbially) — समासः: त्रि + काल

• पुत्रसंयुक्तः: accompanied by (his) son
• पुत्रसंयुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + संयुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — विशेषण; समासः: पुत्रेण संयुक्तः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• पूजनार्थम्: for the purpose of worship
• पूजनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूजन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्देश्यवाचक) — समासः: पूजनस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); accusative used as purpose 'for worship'

• सुरेश्वरः: lord of the gods (Indra)
• सुरेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject/apposition; समासः: सुराणाम् ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayaṃteśa (within Indreśvara tīrtha-sphere)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the forest shrine, Jayanta offers flowers and water to the liṅga; Indra arrives with his son at dawn/noon/dusk, hands folded, while an unseen Śiva presence signifies satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Jayaṃta
• Sureśvara (Indra)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, timely worship (tri-kāla) is ideal devotion, modeled even by Indra, and it sustains the glory of the liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga established by Jayaṃta—praised as a constant locus of Śiva’s favor in Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tri-kāla pūjā (worship at three daily times) of the liṅga.