Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

जय गिरिश सुरेश्वरमाननीय जय सूक्ष्मरूप संचितनीय । जय दग्धत्रिपुर विश्वसत्त्व जय सकलशास्त्रपरमार्थतत्त्व

Transliteration

jaya giriśa sureśvaramānanīya jaya sūkṣmarūpa saṃcitanīya | jaya dagdhatripura viśvasattva jaya sakalaśāstraparamārthatattva

Translation

జయ గిరీశా, సురేశ్వరులచేత కూడా గౌరవింపబడేవాడా; జయ, సూక్ష్మరూపా, అంతరంగంలో సంగ్రహించి అనుభవించదగినవాడా. జయ త్రిపురదాహకా, విశ్వసత్త్వరూపా; జయ, సమస్త శాస్త్రాల పరమార్థతత్త్వమా.

Word by Word

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Vocative address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Avyaya; sambodhana-arthaka udgāra

• giriśa: O Lord of the mountain
• giriśa: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; giri-īśa = lord of mountains

• sureśvaramānanīya: O one worthy of reverence (even by the lord of gods)
• sureśvaramānanīya: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + mānanīya (कृदन्त; √man/मन्, anīya)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; anīya-pratyaya = 'worthy of'; sureśvara-mānanīya = worthy of honor by the lord of gods / worthy of honor among gods

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Vocative address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Avyaya; sambodhana-arthaka udgāra

• sūkṣmarūpa: O subtle-formed one
• sūkṣmarūpa: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; 'subtle-formed'

• saṃcitanīya: O one worthy to be gathered/cherished
• saṃcitanīya: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃcitanīya (कृदन्त; √ci/चि with sam-, anīya)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; anīya = 'fit to be accumulated/collected/cherished'

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Vocative address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Avyaya; sambodhana-arthaka udgāra

• dagdhatripura: O destroyer of Tripura
• dagdhatripura: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dagdha (कृदन्त; √dah/दह्, kta) + tripura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; dagdha-tripura = burner/destroyer of Tripura (the three cities)

• viśvasattva: O essence of the universe
• viśvasattva: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; viśva-sattva = essence/being of the universe

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Vocative address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Avyaya; sambodhana-arthaka udgāra

• sakalaśāstraparamārthatattva: O true principle of the supreme purport of all scriptures
• sakalaśāstraparamārthatattva: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + paramārtha (प्रातिपदिक) + tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; the true principle of the highest meaning of all śāstras

Speaker

Bāṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Tripurāntaka, yet rendered as a subtle luminous presence behind the cosmic scene; sages hold palm-leaf śāstras whose essence becomes a radiant liṅga-light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Giriśa)
• Tripura
• Sureśvaras (lords of gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is both cosmic protector (burner of Tripura) and the subtlest truth realized inwardly—the ultimate meaning of scripture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse is a universal theological culmination within the hymn.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative internalization is implied by “saṃcitanīya” (to be gathered within), but no formal ritual is specified.