Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्रिविष्टपस्य द्रष्टारः स्रष्टारः स्युर्न संशयः । कृतकृत्यास्त एवात्र त एवात्र महाधियः

Transliteration

triviṣṭapasya draṣṭāraḥ sraṣṭāraḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ | kṛtakṛtyāsta evātra ta evātra mahādhiyaḥ

Translation

Wer Triviṣṭapa, den heiligen Liṅga, erblickt, wird selbst zum Schöpfer—ohne Zweifel. Nur sie haben hier ihr Ziel vollendet; nur sie sind wahrhaft großgesinnt.

Word by Word

• त्रिविष्टपस्य: of Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• द्रष्टारः: seers; those who behold
• द्रष्टारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → द्रष्टृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तरि-तृच् (Agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्रष्टारः: creators
• स्रष्टारः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → स्रष्टृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तरि-तृच् (Agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्युः: would be; are indeed
• स्युः: Kriyā (Copular predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• न: no; not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject—impersonal: 'there is no doubt')
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतकृत्याः: having accomplished what is to be done; fulfilled
• कृतकृत्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृतं कृत्यं येषाम्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ते)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• महाधियः: great-minded; of great intellect
• महाधियः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महती धिः येषाम्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ते)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of pilgrims receives darśana of the Triviṣṭapa liṅga; above them, symbolic imagery of Brahmā’s creative lotus and cosmic order appears, indicating ‘sraṣṭā’ status; faces show awe and uplifted courage.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa (Liṅga/shrine)
• darśana (beholding)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred seeing is transformative: darśana in Kāśī is praised as conferring fulfillment and elevated spiritual capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Triviṣṭapa (the Triviṣṭapa Liṅga/shrine complex) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—going to see the Triviṣṭapa shrine—is presented as the key act yielding exalted results.