Shloka 8 - Adhyaya 26 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

त्रिलोचनेति सततं नाम भक्तैरुदाहृतम् । त्रिविष्टपेति च तथा तयोः कर्णातिथी भवेत्

Transliteration

trilocaneti satataṃ nāma bhaktairudāhṛtam | triviṣṭapeti ca tathā tayoḥ karṇātithī bhavet

Translation

信者たちは絶えず「トリローチャナ」と名を唱え、また同じく「トリヴィシュタパ」とも唱えた。二羽の鳥はその響きを耳の客として、常に聴き入っていた。

Word by Word

त्रिलोचना-इति“Trilocanā” (the three-eyed one), thus

सततम्constantly

नामby name / indeed

भक्तैःby devotees

उदाहृतम्is uttered/recited

त्रिविष्टप-इति“Triviṣṭapa” (heaven), thus

चand

तथाlikewise

तयोःof the two (birds)

कर्ण-अतिथीa guest to the ear (pleasant to hear)

भवेत्would be / should become

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) speaking to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana-śiva (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seeker interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees chant ‘Trilocana’ and ‘Triviṣṭapa’ near the sanctum; the pigeon pair perches close, heads tilted as if drinking in the names.

Characters & Entities

Trilocana (Śiva)

Triviṣṭapa (epithet/name)

devotees (bhakta)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa and nāma—hearing and repeating the divine name—sanctify the listener and cultivate devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Trilocana Śiva’s sacred area in Kāśī, where devotees continually invoke the deity by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous nāmoccāraṇa (uttering the name) of Śiva—especially ‘Trilocana’—and attentive listening to it.