Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

शालां त्रिपुरुषां तत्र यः पश्यति दिनेदिने । अर्चयेत्तोषयेच्चासौ स्वर्गलोके महीयते

Transliteration

śālāṃ tripuruṣāṃ tatra yaḥ paśyati dinedine | arcayettoṣayeccāsau svargaloke mahīyate

Translation

அங்கே தினந்தோறும் திரிபுருஷ-மண்டபத்தை தரிசித்து, அதனை அர்ச்சித்து, திருப்தியளிக்கும் உபசாரங்களைச் செய்தவன் சுவர்க்கலோகத்தில் பெருமைப்படுத்தப்படுவான்।

Word by Word

• śālām: the hall
• śālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• tri-puruṣām: (measuring) three men (in size)
• tri-puruṣām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः; विशेषणम् (śālām)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Adverbial locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• dine-dine: day after day
• dine-dine: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः/पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः; सप्तमी-आधारित अव्ययार्थः (day by day)

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• toṣayet: should please (propitiate)
• toṣayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tuṣ (तुष्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• asau: that person
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (अदस्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम् (refers to ‘yaḥ’)

• svarga-loke: in heaven-world
• svarga-loke: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga + loka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (स्वर्गस्य लोके)

• mahīyate: is honored
• mahīyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (मह्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; immediately followed by Nārada’s speech in the next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripuruṣa-śālā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee returns day after day to behold the Tripuruṣa-hall, worships with offerings, and is shown being honored in Svarga as a result.

Characters & Entities

• Tripuruṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular darśana and sincere worship at a sanctified place yields lasting spiritual merit and heavenly honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Tripuruṣaśālā (Tripuruṣa-hall/shrine) at the praised sacred locale within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily darśana (seeing), along with arcana/pūjā (worship) and acts meant to please the deity.