Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । अद्यप्रभृति तिष्ठामः शूलभेदे नरेश्वर । त्रिकालां हि त्रयो देवाः कलांशेन वसामहे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | adyaprabhṛti tiṣṭhāmaḥ śūlabhede nareśvara | trikālāṃ hi trayo devāḥ kalāṃśena vasāmahe

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ നരേശ്വരാ! ഇന്നുമുതൽ ഞങ്ങൾ ശൂലഭേദത്തിൽ വസിക്കും. ത്രികാലങ്ങളിലും മൂന്നു ദേവന്മാർ തങ്ങളുടെ അംശത്താൽ ഇവിടെ പാർക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थे/आरम्भार्थे (from, beginning with)

• तिष्ठामः: we stay/stand
• तिष्ठामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• शूलभेदे: at Śūlabheda
• शूलभेदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक: शूल + भेद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: नर + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्रिकालाम्: (as) three-times (past-present-future)
• त्रिकालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिकाला (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + काल)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवाः इत्यस्य)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (देवाः इत्यस्य)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• कलांशेन: by a portion/part
• कलांशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलांश (प्रातिपदिक: कला + अंश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• वसामहे: we dwell
• वसामहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara (the king addressed in the episode)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara speaks to a king at the Revā bank, indicating Śūlabheda as a fixed abode; subtle triadic divine radiance suggests the ‘three Gods’ dwelling by kalā across trikāla.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Śūlabheda
• Trimūrti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes eternally potent when the Divine vows continual presence there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is given; the key teaching is the divine promise of perpetual residence, grounding later worship and pilgrimage.