Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र मध्याह्नसमये ब्रह्मणा समुपासिता । सन्ध्या त्रैलोक्यजननी प्रतिष्ठार्थं गतेन च

Transliteration

yatra madhyāhnasamaye brahmaṇā samupāsitā | sandhyā trailokyajananī pratiṣṭhārthaṃ gatena ca

Translation

Dort, zur Mittagszeit, wurde Sandhyā—die Mutter der drei Welten—von Brahmā in rechter Weise verehrt, der hingegangen war, um ihre Heiligkeit zu begründen.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-स्थानवाचक (where)

• madhyāhna-samaye: at midday time
• madhyāhna-samaye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyāhna (प्रातिपदिक) + samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—मध्याह्नस्य समयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• samupāsitā: was worshipped
• samupāsitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-ās (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृ-तृतीया (brahmaṇā)

• sandhyā: Sandhyā (twilight goddess/rite)
• sandhyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• trailokya-jananī: mother of the three worlds
• trailokya-jananī: Viśeṣaṇa (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—त्रयाणां लोकानां जननी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• pratiṣṭhā-artham: for (her) establishment
• pratiṣṭhā-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (for the sake of establishment)

• gatena: by (him) having gone
• gatena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘गतेन’ = ‘(ब्रह्मणा) गत्वा/गतेन’—सहायक-भावः

• ca: and
• ca: Nipata (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-kuṇḍa (associated with Sandhyā-pratiṣṭhā)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a serene pond under the high sun, Brahmā sits on a lotus-seat performing madhyāhna worship to Sandhyā Devī, envisioned as a radiant motherly goddess embodying the three worlds; arghya water arcs into the pond; the place glows with established sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sandhyā (Trailokya-jananī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is affirmed by divine precedent: even Brahmā worships Sandhyā there, making the place ritually authoritative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-kuṇḍa in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of Sandhyā at a specific time (midday) is highlighted, echoing the importance of Sandhyā-related observances.