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), satisfait de Jayaṃta, est sans cesse loué auprès de ce liṅga. Le Seigneur des dieux (Indra), uni à son fils, vient aux trois moments du jour pour l’adoration.

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.