Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 106
त्रियंबकं त्वां च यजामहे वयं सुपुण्यगंधैः शिवपुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकं पक्वमिवोग्रबंधनाद्रक्षस्व मां त्र्यंबक मृत्युमार्गात्
triyaṃbakaṃ tvāṃ ca yajāmahe vayaṃ supuṇyagaṃdhaiḥ śivapuṣṭivardhanam | urvārukaṃ pakvamivograbaṃdhanādrakṣasva māṃ tryaṃbaka mṛtyumārgāt
ਹੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਯੰਬਕ, ਤਿੰਨ ਨੇਤਰਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ, ਅਸੀਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਸੁਗੰਧਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਯਜਦੇ ਹਾਂ—ਹੇ ਸ਼ਿਵ, ਮੰਗਲ-ਪੁਸ਼ਟੀ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ। ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪੱਕਾ ਖੀਰਾ ਕਠੋਰ ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋਂ ਛੁੱਟ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਹੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਯੰਬਕ, ਮੈਨੂੰ ਮੌਤ ਦੇ ਮਾਰਗ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾ ਕੇ ਮੁਕਤ ਕਰ।
A dvija devotee (as implied by the immediate narrative context)
Tirtha: Tryambaka/Mṛtyuñjaya (mantra-tīrtha usage)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tryambaka Śiva, three-eyed, radiant, receives offerings of sacred fragrance; beside him a ripe cucumber/vine motif symbolizes release from bondage; Yama’s shadow recedes as Śiva’s protection expands.
FAQs
Śiva as Tryambaka grants release from the bondage of mortality; worship ripens into liberation just as fruit naturally detaches when mature.
No single tirtha is directly named in the verse; it is a universally used Śaiva prayer embedded in this chapter.
Worship (yajāmahe) with pure fragrances and prayer for protection from mṛtyu-mārga (the path of death).