Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यत्त्रिनेत्रस्य वीरकंनाम द्वारपम् । यथा साक्षान्महेशानं गणआंश्चायुतशोऽस्य च

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyattrinetrasya vīrakaṃnāma dvārapam | yathā sākṣānmaheśānaṃ gaṇaāṃścāyutaśo'sya ca

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ସେ ତ୍ରିନେତ୍ର ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ‘ବୀରକ’ ନାମକ ଦ୍ୱାରପାଳକୁ ଦେଖିଲେ; ଏବଂ ସାକ୍ଷାତ୍ ମହେଶାନ ପରି ଲାଗୁଥିବା ତାଙ୍କର ଅସଂଖ୍ୟ ଗଣମାନଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦେଖିଲେ।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• apaśyat: saw
• apaśyat: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa + √dṛś (दृश्)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• trinetrasya: of the three-eyed one
• trinetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः/द्विगु-तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘त्रीणि नेत्राणि यस्य’ (शिवस्य)

• vīrakam: Vīraka
• vīrakam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः (appositive particle ‘named’)

• dvārapam: the doorkeeper
• dvārapam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• yathā: as/like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक

• sākṣāt: directly, in person
• sākṣāt: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (directly, in person)

• maheśānam: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• maheśānam: Karman (Object of comparison/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपमेय/उपमान-सम्बन्धे

• gaṇān: the gaṇas
• gaṇān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; (द्रष्टव्य-सम्बन्धे)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ayutaśaḥ: by tens of thousands
• ayutaśaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ayutaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (in tens of thousands)

• asya: of him (of Śiva)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: also
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-āśrama dvāra (threshold of tapas-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the entrance, Kāma sees Vīraka the gatekeeper of the Three-eyed Lord, and innumerable gaṇas—so formidable that they appear like Maheśāna himself.

Characters & Entities

• Trinetra (Śiva)
• Maheśāna (Śiva)
• Vīraka (dvārapa)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the divine involves sacred order and guardianship; Śiva’s presence is revealed through his attendants and protective threshold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights Śiva’s āśrama threshold in Himādri; it is a sanctified locale within the chapter’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of Śiva’s entourage and gatekeeping.