Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तस्माद्भर्गसरित्तीरे स्थापयित्वा त्रियम्बकम् । वियुक्तः सर्वदोषैस्त्वं यास्यसे पदमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tasmādbhargasarittīre sthāpayitvā triyambakam | viyuktaḥ sarvadoṣaistvaṃ yāsyase padamuttamam

Translation

Ainsi donc, sur la rive de la rivière Bhargā, établis Triyambaka, le Seigneur aux trois yeux. Délivré de toute faute, tu atteindras la demeure suprême.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Connector (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore/from that’

• भर्गसरित्तीरे: on the bank of the Bharga river
• भर्गसरित्तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्ग + सरित् + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—भर्गसरितः तीरम्

• स्थापयित्वा: having installed
• स्थापयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• त्रियम्बकम्: Triyambaka (the three-eyed Śiva)
• त्रियम्बकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + अम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—त्रीणि अम्बकानि यस्य सः (three-eyed)

• वियुक्तः: freed/separated
• वियुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे ‘separated/freed’

• सर्वदोषैः: from all faults
• सर्वदोषैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—सर्वे दोषाः

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यास्यसे: you will go
• यास्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘पदम्’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Brahmā (narrated by Mārkaṇḍeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhargā-sarit-tīra

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Bhargā riverbank, a devotee establishes Triyambaka; the three-eyed Śiva presence is suggested through a radiant liṅga and subtle third-eye motif in the aura; the scene culminates in ascent toward a luminous ‘uttama pada’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhargā River
• Triyambaka (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating and worshiping Śiva at a sanctified riverbank leads to purification and the attainment of the supreme goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhargā-sarit-tīra (the bank of the Bhargā River), within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Triyambaka (Śiva) sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā at Bhargā riverbank, aimed at removal of दोष and attainment of the highest state.