Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

नोपसर्पंति वै दुष्टाः प्रातस्नायिजनं क्वचित् । दृष्टादृष्टफलं यस्मात्प्रातःस्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

nopasarpaṃti vai duṣṭāḥ prātasnāyijanaṃ kvacit | dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaphalaṃ yasmātprātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret

Translation

Die Bösen nähern sich dem, der am Morgen badet, zu keiner Zeit. Da das Morgenbad sichtbare und unsichtbare Früchte gewährt, soll man das Morgenbad üben.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• upasarpaanti: approach
• upasarpaanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-sṛp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातुः—सृप् ‘सर्पणे’; उपसर्गः—उप

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/assurance particle)

• duṣṭāḥ: the wicked (people)
• duṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेष्यवत् प्रयोगः (wicked persons)

• prātaḥ-snayi-janam: a person who bathes in the morning
• prātaḥ-snayi-janam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय) + snāyin (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष ‘प्रातः स्नायिनां जनः’ (snāyin = स्ना धातोः शतृ/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘स्नायिन्’ = one who bathes)

• kvacit: ever/anywhere
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (anywhere/ever)

• dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭa-phalam: seen and unseen results
• dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭa-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + adṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (इतरेतर) ‘दृष्टं च अदृष्टं च’ + फलम्

• yasmāt: because (of which)
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; हेत्वर्थ (since/because of which)

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• samācaret: should practice/perform
• samācaret: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः—चर्; उपसर्गाः—सम् + आ

Speaker

Deductive (contextual narrator within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined bather at dawn radiating steadiness; shadowy ‘wicked’ figures keep distance; twofold fruits shown symbolically—visible (health, vigor) and invisible (aura, protective light).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily purity has protective power and produces both tangible and subtle spiritual outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the verse speaks generally of the efficacy of morning bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct injunction to regularly perform morning bathing for both visible and invisible benefits.