Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तदारभ्य च तत्तीर्थं तच्च लिंगं त्रिलोचनम् । त्रिविष्टपमिति ख्यातमतोहेतोर्महत्तरम्

Transliteration

tadārabhya ca tattīrthaṃ tacca liṃgaṃ trilocanam | triviṣṭapamiti khyātamatohetormahattaram

Translation

അന്നുമുതൽ ആ തീർത്ഥവും ത്രിലോചനന്റെ ആ ലിംഗവും ‘ത്രിവിഷ്ടപം’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി; അതുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ അത് അത്യന്തം മഹത്തായതായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• तद्: from that (time)
• तद्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — ablative singular (from that time/that)

• आरभ्य: starting from
• आरभ्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive used adverbially) — 'having begun/starting from'

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular (agreeing with तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: holy ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular (agreeing with लिङ्गम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular

• त्रि: three
• त्रि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (समासपूर्वपद)

• लोचनम्: eye; (as epithet) three-eyed
• लोचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular; (त्रि+लोचन = कर्मधारय-समासार्थ)

• त्रि: three
• त्रि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (समासपूर्वपद)

• विष्टपम्: three heavens / triple world
• विष्टपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular; (त्रि+विष्टप = द्विगु-समासार्थ)

• इति: thus
• इति: Prayojaka (Marker/इति-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: is known/called
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'is known/called'

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थ (therefore/from this)

• हेतोः: of the reason
• हेतोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular (of the reason)

• महत्तरम्: greater
• महत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative) — 'greater'

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed ‘muni’ (sage) within the episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred moment of consecration-by-fame: the tīrtha waters and the three-eyed Śiva liṅga are shown with an inscribed aura ‘Triviṣṭapa’, devotees and sages witnessing the proclamation.

Characters & Entities

• Trilocana Liṅga
• Triviṣṭapa (name/title)
• Tīrtha in Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names of sacred sites encode their spiritual history; ‘Triviṣṭapa’ signals extraordinary sanctity and cosmic resonance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Triviṣṭapa—referring to the tīrtha and the Trilocana liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes the authoritative name and greatness of the site.