Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

यश्चैतत्प्रातरुत्थाय सदा पठति मानवः । स सर्वांल्लभते कामान्मनसा वांछितान्सदा

Transliteration

yaścaitatprātarutthāya sadā paṭhati mānavaḥ | sa sarvāṃllabhate kāmānmanasā vāṃchitānsadā

Translation

Wer am Morgen aufsteht und dies beständig rezitiert, erlangt alle Wünsche und erhält immerdar, was der Geist begehrt.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): 'and'

• etat: this (hymn/account)
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prātar: in the morning
• prātar: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'in the morning/early'

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: √स्था (to stand/rise) उपसर्ग: उद्

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'always'

• paṭhati: recites/reads
• paṭhati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavaḥ: a man/person
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with kāmān)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• kāmān: desires, wishes
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• manasā: by (his) mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vāṃchitān: desired
• vāṃchitān: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √vāñch)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त: 'desired' (agreeing with kāmān)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'always'

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha (māhātmya text)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ / sages (and by extension all humans)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee rises before sunrise, bathes, sits facing east with a manuscript, and recites the māhātmya; a small lamp burns, and the mind’s wishes are symbolized as blossoming lotuses.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily remembrance and recitation of sacred lore is presented as a steady source of auspicious fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The māhātmya being recited concerns Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prātaḥ-kāla pāṭha—recite the māhātmya after rising in the morning.