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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

यस्तु पूजयते नित्यं श्रद्धायुक्तेन चेतसा । त्र्यंबकाच्युतब्रह्माद्यास्तेन स्युः पूजितास्त्रयः

yastu pūjayate nityaṃ śraddhāyuktena cetasā | tryaṃbakācyutabrahmādyāstena syuḥ pūjitāstrayaḥ

Namun sesiapa yang memuja setiap hari dengan hati yang dipenuhi śraddhā (iman)—oleh orang itu, ketiga-tiganya, Tryambaka (Śiva), Acyuta (Viṣṇu) dan Brahmā, telah dipuja serentak.

yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक
pūjayateworships
pūjayate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpūj (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
śraddhāyuktenawith faith-endowed
śraddhāyuktena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśraddhā + yukta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग? (cetasā सह—नपुंसक), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śraddhāyukta = śraddhayā yuktaḥ ‘endowed with faith’)
cetasāwith mind
cetasā:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootcetas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
tryaṃbaka-acyuta-brahma-ādyāḥTryambaka, Acyuta, Brahmā and others
tryaṃbaka-acyuta-brahma-ādyāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottryaṃbaka + acyuta + brahman + ādi (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (Tryambaka, Acyuta, Brahmā and others)
tenaby him/through him
tena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
syuḥwould be/are (to be)
syuḥ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
pūjitāḥworshipped
pūjitāḥ:
Predicate complement (विशेष्य-विशेषण/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūj (धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Predicate complement (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa lineage within Māhātmya narration)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A devotee stands before a luminous Śiva-liṅga with folded hands; behind/above, subtle iconographic presences of Tryambaka (Śiva), Acyuta (Viṣṇu), and Brahmā appear as a triad blessing the worshipper, indicating that one act of pūjā reaches all three.

T
Tryambaka
A
Acyuta
B
Brahmā
Ś
Śiva
V
Viṣṇu

FAQs

Single-pointed daily worship done with faith fulfills reverence to the entire divine triad.

The statement supports the Māhātmya of a liṅga-tīrtha in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; the exact toponym is not present in the verse.

Nitya-pūjā—daily worship performed with śraddhā (faith).