Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

त्रिपुरं दग्धुकामस्य पुरा मम वरानने । क्रोधादश्रु विनिष्क्रांतं लोचनत्रितयेन तु

Transliteration

tripuraṃ dagdhukāmasya purā mama varānane | krodhādaśru viniṣkrāṃtaṃ locanatritayena tu

Translation

Einst, o Schönangesichtige, als ich Tripura verbrennen wollte, trat aus Zorn aus meinen drei Augen eine Träne hervor.

Word by Word

• tripuram: Tripura
• tripuram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• dagdhukāmasya: of (me) desiring to burn (it)
• dagdhukāmasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dagdhu-kāma (प्रातिपदिक; दग्धु (infinitive-stem) + काम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; ‘दग्धुकाम’ = दग्धुं कामः यस्य (one who desired to burn)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb ‘formerly’)

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-ānana (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘सुन्दरमुखि’ इत्यर्थे

• krodhāt: from anger
• krodhāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• aśru: a tear
• aśru: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘अश्रु’ = tear

• viniṣkrāntam: having come out/issued forth
• viniṣkrāntam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viniṣkrānta (कृदन्त; √kram/क्रम् with vi+nis)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; aśru इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• locanatritayena: with the three eyes
• locanatritayena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: locana-tritaya (प्रातिपदिक; लोचन + त्रितय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘त्रिलोचन’ इत्यर्थे—‘with (my) three eyes’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphasis/contrast ‘indeed/but’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (addressed as varānane/priye)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, poised to burn Tripura, radiates fierce tejas; from the three eyes a single tear of wrath emerges, luminous as a pearl of fire, foreshadowing its descent to earth.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Tripura
• Three eyes (Tryambaka motif)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic events in Purāṇic memory become the seed for sacred places and later worship, linking myth to pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Aṅgāreśvara tradition, introduced through Śiva’s Tripura-burning episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supplies mythic background (nidāna) for the tīrtha’s origin.