Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

पुरा ह्याराधितः शूली तेनाहमजरामरः । अघमर्षणघोरं च वामदेवं च त्र्यम्बकम्

Transliteration

purā hyārādhitaḥ śūlī tenāhamajarāmaraḥ | aghamarṣaṇaghoraṃ ca vāmadevaṃ ca tryambakam

Translation

قدیم زمانے میں ترشول دھاری پروردگار کی عبادت کی گئی؛ اسی پوجا کے سبب میں بے زوال اور بے موت ہوا—اَگھمرشن، گھور، وام دیو اور تریَمبک کے مقدس منتر/روپ کے ذریعے۔

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (indeed)

• आराधितः: was worshipped
• आराधितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपसर्गः—आ; कर्मणि (worshipped)

• शूली: the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; शूलधारी (epithet of Śiva)

• तेन: by that / by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अजरा-अमरः: ageless and deathless
• अजरा-अमरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अ (नञ्) + मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (अजरा च अमरः च)

• अघ-मर्षण-घोरम्: the terrible sin-destroying (form/name)
• अघ-मर्षण-घोरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक) + मर्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अघं मर्षयति इति; घोरम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• वामदेवम्: Vāmadeva
• वामदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• त्र्यम्बकम्: Tryambaka (the three-eyed one)
• त्र्यम्बकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः (त्रीणि अम्बकानि यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator in the Revā Khaṇḍa (contextual purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā Śaiva tīrthas (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/being recounts ancient worship of the trident-bearing Śiva; around Śiva appear four luminous mantra-aspects labeled Aghamarṣaṇa, Ghora, Vāmadeva, Tryambaka as emanations; the devotee is shown radiant, freed from decay.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlin)
• Aghamarṣaṇa
• Ghora
• Vāmadeva
• Tryambaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-upāsanā, especially through revered names/mantric forms, is portrayed as a source of purification and transcendence over decay and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly the Revā/Narmadā milieu, where Śaiva worship and mantra-power are presented as foundational to the tīrtha’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship/propitiation of Śiva and remembrance/recitation of his named forms (mantra-oriented devotion).