Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

त्रिपुरेति ततस्तां तु प्रोक्तवान्भगवान्हरः । तुष्टाव च स्वयं तस्मात्पूज्या सा जगतामपि

Transliteration

tripureti tatastāṃ tu proktavānbhagavānharaḥ | tuṣṭāva ca svayaṃ tasmātpūjyā sā jagatāmapi

Translation

Therefore Bhagavān Hara called her “Tripurā” and praised her himself. Hence she is worthy of worship, even by all the worlds.

Word by Word

• tripurā: (named) Tripurā
• tripurā: Karma (Object of naming/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripurā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे नामरूपेण (as a name)

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-प्रयोगः (quotative particle)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/कालवाचक (then)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• proktavān: declared, called
• proktavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √vac (वच्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवतु), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; परिप्रयोगे भूतार्थकः (having said/declared)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• haraḥ: Hara (Śiva)
• haraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शिवनाम

• tuṣṭāva: praised
• tuṣṭāva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (स्तु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘तुष्टाव’ (praised)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb)

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• pūjyā: worthy of worship
• pūjyā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्) + ya (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘पूज्या’ (to be worshipped)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• jagatām: of the worlds / of beings
• jagatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपि-प्रयोगः (also/even)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripurā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/Devas (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Hara) pronounces the name ‘Tripurā’ and offers stuti; Devī stands radiant, receiving praise, while the three worlds symbolically bow.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurā
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

If Śiva himself venerates Śakti, then her worship is universally authoritative and dharmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it establishes Tripurā’s universal worship-worthiness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā is prescribed in principle: she is declared ‘pūjyā’ (worthy of worship).