Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यस्य मूले हरो नित्यं स्कंधे शूलधरःस्वयम् । शाखासु भगवान्रुद्रः पुष्पेषु त्रिपुरांतकः

Transliteration

yasya mūle haro nityaṃ skaṃdhe śūladharaḥsvayam | śākhāsu bhagavānrudraḥ puṣpeṣu tripurāṃtakaḥ

Translation

ที่รากของมัน พระหระสถิตอยู่เนืองนิตย์ ที่ลำต้นนั้น พระผู้ทรงตรีศูลประทับอยู่ด้วยพระองค์เอง ในกิ่งก้านเป็นภควานรุทระ และในดอกไม้เป็นตรีปุรานตกะ

Word by Word

• यस्य: of which/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• मूले: in the root
• मूले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत्; अव्यय (adverbial accusative/indeclinable usage)

• स्कन्धे: in the trunk
• स्कन्धे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• शूलधरः: the trident-bearer
• शूलधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—उपपद-तत्पुरुष (śūlaṃ dharati iti)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Emphatic/स्वार्थ-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः/स्वतः (indeclinable; “himself”)

• शाखासु: in the branches
• शाखासु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly
• भगवान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पुष्पेषु: in the flowers
• पुष्पेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• त्रिपुरान्तकः: the destroyer of Tripura
• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tripurasya antakaḥ)

Speaker

Vāṇī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Palāśa/Brahma-vṛkṣa as Śiva-vāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred palāśa tree shown as a cosmic Śiva-form: Hara at the roots, the trident-bearing Śiva in the trunk, Rudra in the branches, Tripurāntaka shimmering in the blossoms; devotees worship at its base.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Śūladhara (Śiva)
• Rudra
• Tripurāntaka
• Palāśa/Brahmavṛkṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred tree is envisioned as Śiva’s living body—reverence to it is reverence to Rudra in all his forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies the palāśa as a sacred locus (a living tīrtha-symbol) rather than identifying a single geographic site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit basis for tree-pūjā: worshiping the palāśa as pervaded by Śiva from root to flower.