Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स्वस्था जातास्तदा सर्वे द्विजा हर्षपरायणाः । काजेशादीनुपासंते दिवारात्रौ हि संध्ययोः

Transliteration

svasthā jātāstadā sarve dvijā harṣaparāyaṇāḥ | kājeśādīnupāsaṃte divārātrau hi saṃdhyayoḥ

Translation

حينئذٍ صار جميع ذوي الولادتين في عافية ورضا، متوجّهين إلى الفرح. وعند شفق الصباح وشفق المساء، بل ليلًا ونهارًا، كانوا يعبدون كاجيشا وسائر الآلهة.

Word by Word

• स्वस्थाः: healthy/at ease
• स्वस्थाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• जाताः: became
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; जन् धातु + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतार्थे (predicate participle: 'became')

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• द्विजाः: the twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• हर्षपरायणाः: devoted to joy/filled with delight
• हर्षपरायणाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• काजेशादीन्: Kājeśa and others
• काजेशादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काजेश + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म (object of उपासन्ते)

• उपासन्ते: worship/attend upon
• उपासन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिवारात्रौ: day and night
• दिवारात्रौ: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverbial: 'day and night')

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• संध्ययोः: at the two twilight times (morning and evening)
• संध्ययोः: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) द्विवचन (dual); अधिकरण (locative of time: 'at the two twilights')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn and dusk, dvijas with water vessels and kuśa sit facing a shrine/linga of Kājeśa; lamps glow at evening; the community stands behind in reverence; the sky shows twilight hues.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija
• Kājeśa
• Sandhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular sandhyā worship anchors joy and well-being; disciplined daily devotion sustains both person and place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where twilight worship is portrayed as a living, communal norm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sandhyā-time upāsanā (worship at dawn and dusk), directed toward Kājeśa and associated divine forms.