Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

एवं नागकुमारी सा सखीद्वयसमन्विता । त्रिलोचनं समभ्यर्च्य गृहानहरहोव्रजेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ nāgakumārī sā sakhīdvayasamanvitā | trilocanaṃ samabhyarcya gṛhānaharahovrajet

Translation

ಹೀಗೆ ಆ ನಾಗಕುಮಾರಿ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಸಖಿಯರೊಂದಿಗೆ ತ್ರಿಲೋಚನನನ್ನು ವಿಧಿವಿಧಾನದಿಂದ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ಪ್ರತಿದಿನವೂ ಮನೆಗೆ ಮರಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• नागकुमारी: the nāga-maiden
• नागकुमारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागकुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नागस्य कुमारी)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सखी-द्वय-समन्विता: accompanied by two friends
• सखी-द्वय-समन्विता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/इ धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषसमासः (सखी-द्वयेन समन्विता = accompanied by two friends)

• त्रिलोचनम्: Trilocana (Śiva)
• त्रिलोचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य सः = three-eyed, i.e., Śiva)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having duly worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अभि+अर्च् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having worshipped)

• गृहान्: homes
• गृहान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• अहरहः: day after day
• अहरहः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहरहः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: day by day)

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Nāga-princess with two companions offers reverent worship at the Trilocana shrine in Kāśī, then departs to her home, repeating this daily.

Characters & Entities

• Ratnāvalī
• Trilocana (Śiva)
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency in sādhana—returning daily to worship—turns devotion into a lived discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, through the recurring worship of Trilocana Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular arcana (worship) of Trilocana, performed repeatedly (ahar-ahaḥ).