Shloka 20

Sacred Abodes of Vishnu & Shiva — Catalogue of Vishnu and Shiva’s Sacred Abodes (Tirtha-Mahatmya within the Pulastya–Narada Frame)

Devanagari script

त्रिणाचिकेतं ब्रह्मर्षे प्रभासे च कपर्दिनम् तथैवात्रापि विख्यातं तृतीयं शशिसेखरम्

Transliteration

triṇāciketaṃ brahmarṣe prabhāse ca kapardinam tathaivātrāpi vikhyātaṃ tṛtīyaṃ śaśisekharam

Translation

اے برہمرشی! یہاں تِرِناچِکیت (دیوتا) ہے؛ اور پربھاس میں کَپَردِن ہے۔ اسی طرح یہاں بھی تیسرا ‘شَشِی شِکھَر’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔

Speakers

• Narrator/teacher addressing a brahmarṣi (vocative: brahmarṣe); specific interlocutors not stated in the given excerpt.

Primary Deities

• Shiva

Key Themes

• Sacred geography as a map of deity-presence
• Śaiva tīrtha-identities through epithets
• Pilgrimage merit implied by renowned names

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

Are Kapardin and Śaśiśekhara different deities here?

They are not separate gods but distinct Śaiva epithets marking localized manifestations: Kapardin emphasizes the ascetic, matted-haired icon; Śaśiśekhara emphasizes the moon on Śiva’s crest. The verse uses these names as tīrtha-identifiers.

What is the geographical significance of Prabhāsa in Purāṇic literature?

Prabhāsa is a major western Indian coastal tīrtha (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), widely praised across Purāṇas and Itihāsa traditions as a powerful pilgrimage zone where specific Śiva-forms are worshipped.

How should Triṇāciketa be understood—ritual term or place-name?

In this catalogue-style passage it functions as a place-name/tīrtha. Its etymology evokes Nāciketa and the ‘three fires’ motif, but the Purāṇic intent here is primarily cartographic: to list a recognized sacred station.