Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

त्रिगुणे त्रिगुणा वृद्धिस्तस्मिन्स्थाने नृपोत्तम । साधकस्य भवेन्नूनं धनदारादिसं पदः

Transliteration

triguṇe triguṇā vṛddhistasminsthāne nṛpottama | sādhakasya bhavennūnaṃ dhanadārādisaṃ padaḥ

Translation

ഹേ നൃപോത്തമാ, പുണ്യം ത്രിഗുണമാകുന്ന ആ സ്ഥാനത്ത് വർദ്ധനയും നിശ്ചയമായി ത്രിഗുണമാണ്; സാധകനു ധനം, ഭാര്യ മുതലായ സമ്പത്തുകൾ ഉറപ്പായി ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• त्रिगुणे: in the threefold (place/rite)
• त्रिगुणे: Adhikarana (Location/condition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः गुणाः यस्मिन्)

• त्रिगुणा: threefold
• त्रिगुणा: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वृद्धिः)

• वृद्धिः: increase, growth
• वृद्धिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• नृप-उत्तम: O best of kings
• नृप-उत्तम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नृपाणाम् उत्तमः)

• साधकस्य: of the practitioner
• साधकस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be / should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Kriya-visheshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of certainty)

• धन-दारा-आदि-संपदः: prosperities such as wealth and spouse
• धन-दारा-आदि-संपदः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + दारा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + संपद्/संपत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः (धनं दाराः आदयः येषां ताः संपदः)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpottama (excellent king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted practitioner performs worship in the forest-kshetra; behind him, symbolic ‘threefold’ motifs appear—three rays of light, three garlands—while prosperity is shown as orderly granaries, cattle, and a harmonious household blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching links sincere sādhana at a holy place with both multiplied spiritual merit and orderly worldly well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is implied as the ‘place’ where merit and results are said to multiply threefold.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is prescribed here; it states the general principle that a sādhaka’s efforts in that kṣetra yield triple increase and prosperity.