Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यत्त्रिनेत्रस्य वीरकंनाम द्वारपम् । यथा साक्षान्महेशानं गणआंश्चायुतशोऽस्य च

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyattrinetrasya vīrakaṃnāma dvārapam | yathā sākṣānmaheśānaṃ gaṇaāṃścāyutaśo'sya ca

Translation

وہاں اس نے تین آنکھوں والے پروردگار کے دربان، ویرک نامی، کو دیکھا؛ اور اس کے بےشمار گنوں کو بھی—گویا خود مہیشان ہی سامنے ہو۔

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• apaśyat: saw
• apaśyat: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa + √dṛś (दृश्)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• trinetrasya: of the three-eyed one
• trinetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः/द्विगु-तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘त्रीणि नेत्राणि यस्य’ (शिवस्य)

• vīrakam: Vīraka
• vīrakam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः (appositive particle ‘named’)

• dvārapam: the doorkeeper
• dvārapam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• yathā: as/like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक

• sākṣāt: directly, in person
• sākṣāt: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (directly, in person)

• maheśānam: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• maheśānam: Karman (Object of comparison/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपमेय/उपमान-सम्बन्धे

• gaṇān: the gaṇas
• gaṇān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; (द्रष्टव्य-सम्बन्धे)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ayutaśaḥ: by tens of thousands
• ayutaśaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ayutaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (in tens of thousands)

• asya: of him (of Śiva)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: also
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-āśrama dvāra (threshold of tapas-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the entrance, Kāma sees Vīraka the gatekeeper of the Three-eyed Lord, and innumerable gaṇas—so formidable that they appear like Maheśāna himself.

Characters & Entities

• Trinetra (Śiva)
• Maheśāna (Śiva)
• Vīraka (dvārapa)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the divine involves sacred order and guardianship; Śiva’s presence is revealed through his attendants and protective threshold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights Śiva’s āśrama threshold in Himādri; it is a sanctified locale within the chapter’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of Śiva’s entourage and gatekeeping.