Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

स्नानसंध्यादिहीनश्च मायावी याचते जनम् । भक्तिं करोमि परमां स च क्रुध्यति मां प्रति

Transliteration

snānasaṃdhyādihīnaśca māyāvī yācate janam | bhaktiṃ karomi paramāṃ sa ca krudhyati māṃ prati

Translation

كان محرومًا من الاغتسال والسنْدْهيا (صلوات الفجر والغسق) وما شابهها، ميّالًا إلى الخداع، يستجدي الناس. ومع أني قدّمت له أسمى البهاكتي، غضب عليّ.

Word by Word

• snānasaṃdhyādihīnaḥ: devoid of bath and sandhyā etc.
• snānasaṃdhyādihīnaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāna (स्नान) + saṃdhyā (संध्या) + ādi (आदि) + hīna (हीन, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—स्नान-संध्या-आदि-हीनः (lacking bath, twilight-prayer, etc.)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• māyāvī: deceitful
• māyāvī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māyāvin (मायाविन्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yācate: begs/asks
• yācate: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (याच्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• janam: people/a person
• janam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (जन, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• bhaktim: devotion
• bhaktim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• karomi: I do
• karomi: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण to ‘bhaktim’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• krudhyati: gets angry
• krudhyati: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krudh (क्रुध्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mām: at me
• mām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• prati: towards/against
• prati: Sambandha (Directional relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (प्रति, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/कर्मप्रवचनीय (preposition-like indeclinable) governing accusative

Speaker

Unspecified female speaker (first-person ‘I’) within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deceitful mendicant-brāhmaṇa begs at doorways, unbathed and unkempt; a devotee approaches with folded hands, offering reverence, but the brāhmaṇa turns with a scowl.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer religious identity without nitya-karma and inner integrity is condemned; true devotion is met with hostility by the unrighteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative cycle in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and sandhyā observance are referenced as essential daily disciplines.