Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

प्रादुश्चकार देवेशः श्रीशैलात्त्रिपुरांतकः । श्रीशैलशिखरं दृष्ट्वा यत्फलं समुदीरितम्

Transliteration

prāduścakāra deveśaḥ śrīśailāttripurāṃtakaḥ | śrīśailaśikharaṃ dṛṣṭvā yatphalaṃ samudīritam

Translation

ദേവേശ്വരനായ ത്രിപുരാന്തകൻ ശ്രീശൈലത്തിൽ നിന്നു പ്രാദുർഭവിച്ചു. ശ്രീശൈലശിഖരം മാത്രം ദർശിച്ചാൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഫലം—

Word by Word

• prāduḥ: manifestly, openly
• prāduḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prādur (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘प्रकटम्/समक्षम्’

• cakāra: did, made, performed
• cakāra: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• deveśaḥ: Lord of the gods
• deveśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• śrīśailāt: from Śrīśaila
• śrīśailāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīśaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• tripurāntakaḥ: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• tripurāntakaḥ: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• śrīśailaśikharam: the peak of Śrīśaila
• śrīśailaśikharam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīśaila + śikhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma/Pratipādya (that which is stated/कर्म-प्राय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• samudīritam: was declared, was proclaimed
• samudīritam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (stated/uttered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-īr (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīśaila-śikhara (referential) / Tripurāntaka-prādurbhāva in Kāśī (implied)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripurāntaka’s radiant manifestation is linked to the vision of Śrīśaila’s peak; the narrative tone is of a sacred ‘appearance’ and the proclamation of darśana-fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka
• Śiva
• Śrīśaila
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is linked to pan-Indian Śaiva tīrthas: merits celebrated for Śrīśaila are invoked to magnify the sanctity of Tripurāntaka’s presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tripurāntaka in Kāśī, with explicit reference to Śrīśaila (Śrīśailam) and its summit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) is implied—seeing Śrīśaila’s peak as a benchmark of merit.