Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43
तिसृणामपि रेखाणां प्रत्येकं नव देवताः । अकारो गार्हपत्यश्च ऋग्भूर्लोको रजस्तथा
tisṛṇāmapi rekhāṇāṃ pratyekaṃ nava devatāḥ | akāro gārhapatyaśca ṛgbhūrloko rajastathā
அந்த மூன்று ரேகைகளில் ஒவ்வொரு ரேகைக்கும் ஒன்பது அதிதேவதைகள் உள்ளன—அகாரம், கார்ஹபத்ய அக்னி, ரிக் வேதம், பூலோகம், ரஜோகுணம் முதலியன।
Śrī Rudra (Śiva)
Scene: A schematic sacred diagram with three horizontal rekhās, each surrounded by nine iconographic emblems: syllable ‘A’, a domestic Gārhapatya fire altar, Ṛgveda palm-leaf, Bhūrloka earth-disc, and a red rajas aura; sages pointing to correspondences.
FAQs
Tripuṇḍra is a symbolic cosmology: it links mantra-syllables, Vedic fires, Vedas, worlds, and guṇas to Śaiva worship.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse explains the inner correspondences of the Tripuṇḍra.
It assigns presiding principles (devatās) to each line, guiding contemplative understanding while applying the Tripuṇḍra.