Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

त्रिकालं तेन मे जातं सुस्थिरं यौवनं मुने । अतीतानागतं ज्ञानं जीवितं च सुखोदयम्

Transliteration

trikālaṃ tena me jātaṃ susthiraṃ yauvanaṃ mune | atītānāgataṃ jñānaṃ jīvitaṃ ca sukhodayam

Translation

Par cette pratique, ô sage, ma jeunesse s’est affermie à travers les trois temps; et la connaissance du passé et de l’avenir s’est levée, avec une vie d’où naît le bonheur.

Word by Word

• त्रिकालम्: at the three times (daily)
• त्रिकालम्: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — accusative used adverbially ‘thrice a day’; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः कालाः)

• तेन: by that, thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental ‘by that/thereby’

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive ‘my’ (or dative ‘to me’ by context)

• जातम्: has arisen, has come about
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘arisen/produced’

• सुस्थिरम्: very stable, firm
• सुस्थिरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग) + स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — adjective ‘very steady’ (agreeing with यौवनम्)

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Nominative/Accusative singular (here: subject of जातम्)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Vocative ‘O sage’

• अतीतानागतम्: (of) past and future
• अतीतानागतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अनागत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — adjective (agreeing with ज्ञानम्); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः ‘past and future’

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta (Subject/implicit ‘is/has become’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Nominative/Accusative singular (as another result)

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (Subject/implicit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘life’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• सुखोदयम्: bringing happiness, happiness-arising
• सुखोदयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — adjective (agreeing with जीवितम्); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य उदयः) ‘having the rise of happiness’

Speaker

The muni (unnamed) describing results of japa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The muni appears youthful yet ancient in aura, seated in meditation; behind him a subtle wheel of time (past-future) motif; light emanates from the heart/forehead indicating awakened knowledge.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents disciplined mantra practice as transformative—granting steadiness, clarity of knowledge, and a life oriented toward well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the focus is on the fruit of Śaiva japa within the Mahātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies sustained practice (connected with “three times”), continuing the japa discipline described previously.