Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तथान्ये कोटिशो मंत्राः शैवाः कैवल्यहेतवः । ते सर्वे येन जप्ताः स्युर्यो बिभर्ति त्रिपुंड्रकम्

Transliteration

tathānye koṭiśo maṃtrāḥ śaivāḥ kaivalyahetavaḥ | te sarve yena japtāḥ syuryo bibharti tripuṃḍrakam

Translation

ତଥା କୈବଲ୍ୟହେତୁ ଅନେକ କୋଟି ଶୈବ ମନ୍ତ୍ର—ଯେ ତ୍ରିପୁଣ୍ଡ୍ର ଧାରଣ କରେ, ତାହାର ଦ୍ୱାରା ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ମନ୍ତ୍ର ଜପିତ ହୋଇଛି ବୋଲି ଗଣ୍ୟ।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/adverb; ‘thus/so’)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• कोटिशः: in crores
• कोटिशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Quantifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोटिशस् (अव्यय; कोटि-शस्)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाणवाचक/adverb of number; ‘in crores/ by crores’)

• मन्त्राः: mantras
• मन्त्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• शैवाः: Śaiva
• शैवाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• कैवल्यहेतवः: causes of liberation
• कैवल्यहेतवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैवल्य-हेतु (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: कैवल्य + हेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• जप्ताः: recited
• जप्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of ‘ते सर्वे’/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकृत्/क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्युः: would be/may be
• स्युः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• बिभर्ति: wears/bears
• बिभर्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• त्रिपुण्ड्रकम्: the tripuṇḍra mark
• त्रिपुण्ड्रकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुण्ड्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditative devotee with Tripuṇḍra sits calmly; around him float countless mantra-syllables like luminous seeds dissolving into a single radiant Śiva-tattva, suggesting kaivalya.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Tripuṇḍra
• Kaivalya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External Shaiva marks are treated as potent signs of inner devotion, credited with the fruit of extensive mantra-practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the theme is liberation-oriented Shaiva practice rather than sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tripuṇḍra-dhāraṇa is upheld as a key Shaiva observance, linked to the merit of japa of many mantras.