Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

त्रिकालं पूजयिष्यंति ते यास्यंति परां गतिम् । मृन्मयं संपरित्यज्य नीचधातुमयं तथा

Transliteration

trikālaṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim | mṛnmayaṃ saṃparityajya nīcadhātumayaṃ tathā

Translation

மூன்று காலங்களிலும் (காலை, நண்பகல், மாலை) வழிபடுவோர் பரமகதியை அடைவர். மண்ணால் செய்ததும் தாழ்ந்த உலோகத்தால் செய்ததும் ஆகிய லிங்கங்களை விட்டு, உயர்ந்த வழிபாட்டில் ஈடுபடுவர்।

Word by Word

• त्रि-कालम्: thrice daily
• त्रि-कालम्: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tri + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (adverbial: three times a day)

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• यास्यन्ति: will go, will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन (Singular)

• गतिम्: state, destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन (Singular)

• मृन्मयम्: made of clay
• मृन्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛd + maya (प्रातिपदिक; मृद् + मय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन (Singular); ‘मयट्’अर्थे (made of)

• सम्-परित्यज्य: having abandoned completely
• सम्-परित्यज्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्गः सम्+परि; ‘having completely abandoned’

• नीच-धातु-मयम्: made of base metal
• नीच-धातु-मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīca + dhātu + maya (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन (Singular); ‘मयट्’अर्थे (made of); विशेषणम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमबोधक (likewise, also)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performing worship three times a day before a radiant liṅga; the sun’s positions mark morning, noon, and dusk; offerings change with each sandhyā—water, flowers, lamps.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, daily devotion—especially worship at the three sacred times—leads to the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting where a particular Śiva-liṅga is praised as especially worthy of worship (the precise place-name is outside this snippet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Trikāla-pūjā—worship performed at three times daily (morning, noon, evening).