Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मध्यशृंगे ब्रह्मवास ऐशान्यां त्र्यंबकस्य च । नैरृत्ये वासुदेवस्य हेमशृंगं च ब्रह्मणः

Transliteration

madhyaśṛṃge brahmavāsa aiśānyāṃ tryaṃbakasya ca | nairṛtye vāsudevasya hemaśṛṃgaṃ ca brahmaṇaḥ

Translation

درمیانی شِکھر پر برہما کا مسکن ہے؛ شمال مشرقی شِکھر پر تریَمبک (شیو) کا دھام ہے۔ جنوب مغربی شِکھر پر واسودیو کا آستانہ ہے، اور برہما سے وابستہ ایک سنہرا شِکھر بھی ہے۔

Word by Word

• मध्यशृंगे: on the middle peak
• मध्यशृंगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (मध्यं शृंगम् / मध्यस्य शृंगम्)

• ब्रह्मवासः: abode of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः वासः)

• ऐशान्यां: in the northeast (direction)
• ऐशान्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐशान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिक्-विशेष (northeast)

• त्र्यंबकस्य: of Tryambaka (Śiva)
• त्र्यंबकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नैरृत्ये: in the southwest
• नैरृत्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिक्-विशेष (southwest)

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)
• वासुदेवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• हेमशृंगम्: golden peak/horn
• हेमशृंगम्: Karma/Predicate-nominal (Object or complement/कर्म-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (हेमं शृंगम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meru (peaks of Brahmā, Tryambaka, Vāsudeva)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three peaks of Meru marked by distinct divine presences: Brahmā on the central summit, Śiva in the northeast, Vāsudeva in the southwest; an additional golden peak gleams, suggesting Brahmā’s association; directions subtly indicated by compass-like layout.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Tryambaka (Śiva)
• Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)
• Meru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmic center is shown as harmonizing divine powers—Brahmā, Śiva, and Viṣṇu—within a unified sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Meru is the sacred locus described; it is cosmological rather than a terrestrial pilgrimage destination in this context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.