Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

धर्मपुष्करिणीतीरे विष्णुध्यानपरायणः । त्रिकालमर्चयन्विष्णुं शालग्रामे विमुक्तिदे

Transliteration

dharmapuṣkariṇītīre viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | trikālamarcayanviṣṇuṃ śālagrāme vimuktide

Translation

Sur la rive de Dharmapuṣkariṇī, tout entier absorbé dans la méditation de Viṣṇu, il adora Viṣṇu aux trois moments sacrés du jour, Lui qui accorde la délivrance lorsqu’on Le vénère sous la forme de Śālagrāma.

Word by Word

• धर्मपुष्करिणीतीरे: on the bank of the Dharmapuṣkariṇī (sacred pond)
• धर्मपुष्करिणीतीरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुष्करिणी-तीर (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म+पुष्करिणी + तीर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मपुष्करिण्याः तीरम्)

• विष्णुध्यानपरायणः: devoted to meditation on Viṣṇu
• विष्णुध्यानपरायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु-ध्यान-परायण (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + ध्यान + परायण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः ध्यानं परायणं यस्य)

• त्रिकालम्: thrice daily (at the three times)
• त्रिकालम्: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिकाल (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + काल)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषणम्/कालवाचक); द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः कालाः)

• अर्चयन्: worshipping
• अर्चयन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः—शतृ-प्रत्ययान्तः (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• शालग्रामे: in/at Śālagrāma (the sacred place/stone)
• शालग्रामे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• विमुक्तिदे: in/at the giver of liberation (i.e., the liberating Śālagrāma/Viṣṇu)
• विमुक्तिदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्ति-द (प्रातिपदिक; विमुक्ति + द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विमुक्तिं ददाति इति)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred tank (puṣkariṇī) at dawn; a devotee seated on the bank in dhyāna, with a small altar holding a Śālagrāma on a pedestal, lamps and water-vessel; distant trees and tīrtha-ghāṭa steps.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmapuṣkariṇī
• Viṣṇu
• Śālagrāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady meditation and regular worship of Viṣṇu—especially through Śālagrāma—are upheld as a direct path toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmapuṣkariṇī, praised as a sacred waterside setting for Viṣṇu-dhyāna and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Trikāla-arcana: worshipping Viṣṇu at the three daily junctions (morning, noon, evening), with Śālagrāma as the worship-focus.