Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तेजोत्तमास्ते संयुक्तास्त्रिनेत्राः शूलपाणयः । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

tejottamāste saṃyuktāstrinetrāḥ śūlapāṇayaḥ | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijottamāḥ

Translation

ท่านเหล่านั้นรุ่งเรืองด้วยเดชอันประเสริฐ พร้อมเพรียงเป็นหนึ่ง มีเนตรสาม และทรงตรีศูลในพระหัตถ์ โอ้ท่านผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวแจ้งทั้งหมดตามที่ท่านถามแล้ว

Word by Word

• तेजः-उत्तमाः: best in splendor
• तेजः-उत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तेजसाम् उत्तमाः)

• ते: they/you (those)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया? न; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (enclitic)

• संयुक्ताः: united, joined
• संयुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• त्रि-नेत्राः: three-eyed
• त्रि-नेत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (त्रीणि नेत्राणि येषाम्)

• शूल-पाणयः: those who have a trident in hand
• शूल-पाणयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (शूलः पाणौ येषाम्)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• वः: of you / to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (enclitic)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+ख्या (धातु) → आख्यात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘has been told’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative)

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु) → पृष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘asked’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• द्विज-उत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विज-उत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः द्विजाः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; addressing dvijottamāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A unified host of eleven Rudras: blazing radiance, three eyes, tridents held upright; the narrator turns to the assembled brahmins, signaling completion of the account.

Characters & Entities

• Rudras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse affirms the recognizable marks of Śaiva divinity (three eyes, trident) and concludes a doctrinal explanation given to seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative closure within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it summarizes and concludes an explanation.