Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्मादीशानदिग्भागे धनुषां षोडशांतरे । त्र्यंबकेश्वरनामा च तत्र रुद्रः स्थितः स्वयम्

Transliteration

tasmādīśānadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśāṃtare | tryaṃbakeśvaranāmā ca tatra rudraḥ sthitaḥ svayam

Translation

Dari tempat itu, di penjuru timur laut, pada jarak enam belas panjang busur, Rudra sendiri bersemayam di sana, dikenal sebagai Tryambakeśvara.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from there
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-एकवचनार्थे (ablatival adverbial) — 'from there/from that'

• ईशानदिग्भागे: in the north-east quarter/part
• ईशानदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—ईशानायाः दिशः भागः

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Measure relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• षोडशान्तरे: at a distance of sixteen (bows)
• षोडशान्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/Measure/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षोडश + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; द्विगुः—षोडश (16) + अन्तर (interval)

• त्र्यम्बकेश्वरनामा: named Tryambakeśvara
• त्र्यम्बकेश्वरनामा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्र्यम्बकेश्वर + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'त्र्यम्बकेश्वरः नाम यस्य सः'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थितः: is situated
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'standing/abiding'

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive/emphatic adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tryambakeśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim path from Kapāleśvara to the north-east; a small shrine where Rudra is said to abide as Tryambakeśvara; the distance is marked as ‘sixteen bow-lengths’.

Characters & Entities

• Tryambakeśvara
• Rudra
• Īśāna-dik (north-east)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa maps holiness onto geography: specific directions and distances guide devotees to Rudra’s manifest presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tryambakeśvara (Rudra’s site) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directional and distance marker is given—go to the Īśāna quarter, sixteen bow-lengths away—to reach the Tryambakeśvara shrine.