Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्रिविष्टपस्य द्रष्टारः स्रष्टारः स्युर्न संशयः । कृतकृत्यास्त एवात्र त एवात्र महाधियः

Transliteration

triviṣṭapasya draṣṭāraḥ sraṣṭāraḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ | kṛtakṛtyāsta evātra ta evātra mahādhiyaḥ

Translation

تریوِشٹپ کے درشن کرنے والے بے شک خود سَرشٹا (خالق) بن جاتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ یہی لوگ یہاں کِرتکِرتیہ ہیں، یہی بلند عقل والے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• त्रिविष्टपस्य: of Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• द्रष्टारः: seers; those who behold
• द्रष्टारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → द्रष्टृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तरि-तृच् (Agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्रष्टारः: creators
• स्रष्टारः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → स्रष्टृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तरि-तृच् (Agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्युः: would be; are indeed
• स्युः: Kriyā (Copular predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• न: no; not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject—impersonal: 'there is no doubt')
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतकृत्याः: having accomplished what is to be done; fulfilled
• कृतकृत्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृतं कृत्यं येषाम्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ते)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• महाधियः: great-minded; of great intellect
• महाधियः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महती धिः येषाम्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ते)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of pilgrims receives darśana of the Triviṣṭapa liṅga; above them, symbolic imagery of Brahmā’s creative lotus and cosmic order appears, indicating ‘sraṣṭā’ status; faces show awe and uplifted courage.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa (Liṅga/shrine)
• darśana (beholding)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred seeing is transformative: darśana in Kāśī is praised as conferring fulfillment and elevated spiritual capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Triviṣṭapa (the Triviṣṭapa Liṅga/shrine complex) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—going to see the Triviṣṭapa shrine—is presented as the key act yielding exalted results.