Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
त्रिदंडी स तु विज्ञेयो ज्ञाते देवे निरंजने । मनोदण्डः कर्मदण्डो वाग्दंडो यस्य योगिनः
tridaṃḍī sa tu vijñeyo jñāte deve niraṃjane | manodaṇḍaḥ karmadaṇḍo vāgdaṃḍo yasya yoginaḥ
നിരഞ്ജനനും നിർവികാരനുമായ ദേവനെ സാക്ഷാത്കരിച്ചവനേ സത്യ ത്രിദണ്ഡി എന്നു അറിയണം. ആ യോഗിയുടെ ദണ്ഡങ്ങൾ—മനോദണ്ഡം, കർമ്മദണ്ഡം, വാഗ്ദണ്ഡം.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A yogin stands with a triple staff, but the scene highlights three subtle streams—thought, word, deed—depicted as controlled flames or lotuses, with the niranjana Lord as a luminous, unstained presence.
FAQs
True renunciation is inner: mastery of mind, speech, and action grounded in realization of the stainless Lord.
This verse is primarily doctrinal (mokṣa-yoga teaching) within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; no single tirtha is explicitly named in the verse.
No external rite is prescribed; the ‘three daṇḍas’ are ethical-yogic restraints (mind, speech, action).