Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

यस्तु पूजयते नित्यं श्रद्धायुक्तेन चेतसा । त्र्यंबकाच्युतब्रह्माद्यास्तेन स्युः पूजितास्त्रयः

Transliteration

yastu pūjayate nityaṃ śraddhāyuktena cetasā | tryaṃbakācyutabrahmādyāstena syuḥ pūjitāstrayaḥ

Translation

ଯେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଯୁକ୍ତ ଚିତ୍ତରେ ନିତ୍ୟ ପୂଜା କରେ, ତାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ତ୍ର୍ୟମ୍ବକ (ଶିବ), ଅଚ୍ୟୁତ (ବିଷ୍ଣୁ) ଓ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା—ଏ ତିନିଜଣ ମଧ୍ୟ ପୂଜିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• śraddhāyuktena: with faith-endowed
• śraddhāyuktena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā + yukta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग? (cetasā सह—नपुंसक), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śraddhāyukta = śraddhayā yuktaḥ ‘endowed with faith’)

• cetasā: with mind
• cetasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tryaṃbaka-acyuta-brahma-ādyāḥ: Tryambaka, Acyuta, Brahmā and others
• tryaṃbaka-acyuta-brahma-ādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tryaṃbaka + acyuta + brahman + ādi (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (Tryambaka, Acyuta, Brahmā and others)

• tena: by him/through him
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• syuḥ: would be/are (to be)
• syuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• pūjitāḥ: worshipped
• pūjitāḥ: Predicate complement (विशेष्य-विशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Predicate complement (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Tryambaka
• Acyuta
• Brahmā
• Śiva
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

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

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

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