Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सूर्योदयमनुप्राप्य संध्याविधिविवर्जितः । कृत्वा मूत्रपुरीषे तु शौचाचमनवर्जितः

Transliteration

sūryodayamanuprāpya saṃdhyāvidhivivarjitaḥ | kṛtvā mūtrapurīṣe tu śaucācamanavarjitaḥ

Translation

Als der Sonnenaufgang kam, vernachlässigte er die vorgeschriebenen Sandhyā-Riten; und nachdem er seine Notdurft verrichtet hatte, unterließ er die Reinigung und das rituelle Wasserschlürfen.

Word by Word

• sūryodayam: sunrise
• sūryodayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य उदयः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• anuprāpya: having reached; after arriving at
• anuprāpya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + anu- (उपसर्ग) + pra- (उपसर्ग) → anuprāpya
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having reached/after reaching’

• saṃdhyā-vidhi-vivarjitaḥ: devoid of the sandhyā rite
• saṃdhyā-vidhi-vivarjitaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (संध्याविधिना विवर्जितः = devoid of the twilight-rite); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having done’

• mūtra-purīṣe: urine and feces
• mūtra-purīṣe: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūtra (प्रातिपदिक) + purīṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (मूत्रं च पुरीषं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन (collective sense)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• śauca-ācāmana-varjitaḥ: devoid of cleansing and sipping (ācamana)
• śauca-ācāmana-varjitaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śauca (प्रातिपदिक) + ācāmana (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (शौचं च आचमनं च) + varjita; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Rākṣasa (describing the man’s conduct)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied daily-rite sanctity at ghāṭas)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunrise over a riverbank/edge of settlement; a man ignores sandhyā, then urinates/defecates and walks away without washing or sipping water—contrasted with an ideal devotee performing arghya to the rising sun.

Characters & Entities

• Sūryodaya (sunrise)
• Sandhyā-vidhi
• Śauca
• Ācamana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily disciplines (nitya-karma) sustain inner purity; neglect of sandhyā, śauca, and ācamanam signals dharmic decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha; the focus is on personal conduct and ritual negligence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sandhyā-vidhi at sunrise, and after bodily functions: śauca (cleansing) and ācamanam (ritual sipping).