Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

येन ते चरणौ नित्यं प्रणिपत्य त्रिसंधिजम् । श्रेयः प्राप्नोम्यसंदिग्धं प्रसादः क्रियतामिति

Transliteration

yena te caraṇau nityaṃ praṇipatya trisaṃdhijam | śreyaḥ prāpnomyasaṃdigdhaṃ prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti

Translation

Damit ich, indem ich täglich zu den drei Tageswenden beständig zu deinen Füßen niederfalle, ohne Zweifel das sichere Heil erlange—gewähre mir deine gnädige Gunst, so sprach er.

Word by Word

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतु/साधनार्थे

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘your’

• caraṇau: (two) feet
• caraṇau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक (adverb: always)

• praṇipatya: having bowed down
• praṇipatya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• trisaṃdhijam: arising from/connected with the three sandhyās
• trisaṃdhijam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + saṃdhi + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘त्रिषु संधिषु जातम्’ (i.e., performed at the three sandhyās)

• śreyaḥ: welfare, highest good
• śreyaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prāpnomi: I attain
• prāpnomi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• asaṃdigdham: undoubted, certainly
• asaṃdigdham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-saṃdigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (śreyaḥ इत्यस्य)

• prasādaḥ: grace, favor
• prasādaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be granted/done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘let it be done’

• iti: thus
• iti: Vakyapariccheda (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-कार (quotative particle)

Speaker

Supplicant within the narrative (identity not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gartā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee petitions: ‘By bowing at your feet daily at the three sandhyās, may I attain sure welfare; grant your favor.’

Characters & Entities

• tri-saṃdhyā (three daily sandhyā times)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent daily reverence (especially at the sandhyās) is portrayed as a sure path to śreyas through divine/saintly grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse stresses daily devotion; the immediate chapter context connects this devotion to Gartā-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bow and offer reverence at the three sandhyā times each day (tri-saṃdhyā observance).