Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

शालां त्रिपुरुषां तत्र यः पश्यति दिनेदिने । अर्चयेत्तोषयेच्चासौ स्वर्गलोके महीयते

Transliteration

śālāṃ tripuruṣāṃ tatra yaḥ paśyati dinedine | arcayettoṣayeccāsau svargaloke mahīyate

Translation

Quiconque, jour après jour, contemple là la salle de Tripuruṣa, et la vénère en accomplissant des actes qui plaisent (à la divinité), est honoré et exalté dans le monde céleste.

Word by Word

• śālām: the hall
• śālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• tri-puruṣām: (measuring) three men (in size)
• tri-puruṣām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः; विशेषणम् (śālām)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Adverbial locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• dine-dine: day after day
• dine-dine: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः/पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः; सप्तमी-आधारित अव्ययार्थः (day by day)

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• toṣayet: should please (propitiate)
• toṣayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tuṣ (तुष्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• asau: that person
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (अदस्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम् (refers to ‘yaḥ’)

• svarga-loke: in heaven-world
• svarga-loke: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga + loka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (स्वर्गस्य लोके)

• mahīyate: is honored
• mahīyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (मह्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; immediately followed by Nārada’s speech in the next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripuruṣa-śālā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee returns day after day to behold the Tripuruṣa-hall, worships with offerings, and is shown being honored in Svarga as a result.

Characters & Entities

• Tripuruṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular darśana and sincere worship at a sanctified place yields lasting spiritual merit and heavenly honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Tripuruṣaśālā (Tripuruṣa-hall/shrine) at the praised sacred locale within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily darśana (seeing), along with arcana/pūjā (worship) and acts meant to please the deity.