Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तस्य पूजयतो भक्त्या देवं त्रिभुवनेश्वरम् । आसीत्कलकलारावः सर्वत्र नगरे महान्

Transliteration

tasya pūjayato bhaktyā devaṃ tribhuvaneśvaram | āsītkalakalārāvaḥ sarvatra nagare mahān

Translation

ಅವನು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ತ್ರಿಭುವನೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವನನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ, ನಗರದೆಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಮಹಾ ಕಲಕಲಧ್ವನಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕೋಲಾಹಲ ಉಂಟಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयतः: of (him) worshipping / while he worshipped
• पूजयतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like: 'while worshipping')
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजयत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिभुवनेश्वरम्: lord of the three worlds
• त्रिभुवनेश्वरम्: Karma (Apposition to object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-भुवन-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + भुवन + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण/उपाधि (appositive to ‘देवम्’)

• आसीत्: there was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कलकलारावः: a loud clamorous noise
• कलकलारावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलकल-आराव (प्रातिपदिक: कलकल + आराव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: everywhere)

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महान्: great, loud
• महान्: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कलकलारावः’)

Speaker

Śāṇḍilya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the petitioner and assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a temple or palace shrine, the king worships Śiva; outside, the city erupts—people running, guards shouting, drums sounding alarm—contrasting inner stillness with outer chaos.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilya
• Tribhuvaneśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional practice can be tested by sudden disturbances; steadiness in worship is implicitly valued.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the setting is a generic 'city' within a karmic narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The ongoing worship of Śiva (as Tribhuvaneśvara) is referenced; no additional rite is prescribed here.