Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

त्रिनेत्राय त्रिवेदाय वेदांगाय नमोनमः । अर्थाय अर्थरूपाय परमार्थाय वै नमः

Transliteration

trinetrāya trivedāya vedāṃgāya namonamaḥ | arthāya artharūpāya paramārthāya vai namaḥ

Translation

త్రినేత్ర ప్రభువుకు మళ్లీ మళ్లీ నమస్కారం; త్రివేదమూ వేదాంగమూ అయినవాడికి. అర్థమే అయినవాడికి, అర్థరూపుడికి, పరమార్థమైన పరమసత్యానికి నమస్కారం।

Word by Word

• त्रिनेत्राय: to the three-eyed one
• त्रिनेत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिनेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) = त्रि + नेत्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three-eyed)

• त्रिवेदाय: to the one of the three Vedas
• त्रिवेदाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिवेद (प्रातिपदिक) = त्रि + वेद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'of the three Vedas' / 'three-Veda' epithet

• वेदाङ्गाय: to the limb of the Veda / Vedic auxiliary
• वेदाङ्गाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) = वेद + अङ्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (Object of saluting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोगः (salutation)

• नमः: salutation (again)
• नमः: Karma (Object of saluting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (repetition for emphasis)

• अर्थाय: to (the) meaning/purpose
• अर्थाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अर्थरूपाय: to the one whose form is meaning
• अर्थरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थरूप (प्रातिपदिक) = अर्थ + रूप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'having the form of meaning'

• परमार्थाय: to the supreme truth
• परमार्थाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमार्थ (प्रातिपदिक) = परम + अर्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परम + अर्थ = 'supreme truth/ultimate meaning'

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (Object of saluting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोगः (salutation)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva with a prominent third eye, surrounded by symbolic representations of the three Vedas and vedāṅgas—scrolls, meters, sacrificial implements—while a luminous ‘paramārtha’ radiance emanates beyond form.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Trinetra
• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The ultimate truth (paramārtha) and the Vedic path are unified in Śiva; worship is aligned with the highest meaning of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Śiva is praised in the Kedārakhaṇḍa framework, linking Vedic sanctity to the Kedāranātha tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse functions as mantra-like praise to be repeated (namonamaḥ).