Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

यः करोति द्विजस्तस्या दक्षिणां दिशमाश्रितः । सन्ध्योपासनमेकं तु स्वपत्न्या क्षिपितैर्जलैः

Transliteration

yaḥ karoti dvijastasyā dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritaḥ | sandhyopāsanamekaṃ tu svapatnyā kṣipitairjalaiḥ

Translation

Wenn ein Zweimalgeborener, an ihrer Südseite stehend, auch nur eine einzige Sandhyā-Verehrung mit dem von seiner eigenen Gattin versprengten Wasser vollzieht,

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• dvijaḥ: a twice-born (Brahmin)
• dvijaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasyāḥ: of her/that (f.)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• dakṣiṇām: southern
• dakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• diśam: direction
• diśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (दिश् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• āśritaḥ: having resorted to, situated in
• āśritaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-śri (आश्रि धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—dvijaḥ इति

• sandhyā-upāsanam: worship of the twilight (sandhyā)
• sandhyā-upāsanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + upāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sandhyāyāḥ upāsanam)

• ekam: one (single)
• ekam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण—upāsanam इति

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• sva-patnyā: by (his) own wife
• sva-patnyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (svasya patnyā)

• kṣipitaiḥ: thrown, cast
• kṣipitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣip (क्षिप् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण—jalaiḥ इति

• jalaiḥ: with waters
• jalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Chamatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘brāhmaṇasattamāḥ’ in the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dvija at twilight stands on the southern side of his wife; she gently sprinkles sanctified water as he begins sandhyopāsanā—riverbank or temple-precinct ambience, lamps just being lit.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily dharma (sandhyā worship) becomes especially fruitful when performed at a sacred site with disciplined ritual intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya locale associated with Sāvitrī and her southern side/aspect.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing one sandhyopāsana while situated to the south, using water sprinkled by one’s wife.