Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96
Devanagari script
पञ्चमोऽथ दिनांशो यः स सायाह्न इति स्मृतः
Transliteration
pañcamo'tha dināṃśo yaḥ sa sāyāhna iti smṛtaḥ
Translation
Der fünfte Abschnitt des Tages wird als „sāyāhna“, der Abend, in Erinnerung gehalten.
Word by Word
पञ्चमःthe fifth
पञ्चमः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)
दिन-अंशःa part of the day
दिन-अंशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिनस्य अंशः)
यःwhich
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम
सःthat
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सायाह्नःevening
सायाह्नः:
Pratipadyartha (Predicate nominative/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootसायाह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-नाम
इतिthus/as
इति:
Nirdeshaka (Quotative/निर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/निरूपणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
स्मृतःis called/considered
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु; कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘स्मृतः’ = called/considered
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Sun descending toward the western sea at Prabhāsa; lamps are being lit near the shrine as the priest notes the sāyāhna division, signaling transition from daytime rites to evening worship.
Characters & Entities
K
Kāla (time division)FAQs
Traditional dharma preserves a sacred map of time; naming and knowing time-divisions supports correct observance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the māhātmya teaches exact timing for rites connected with ancestors.
A formal definition of the evening segment (sāyāhna) as the fifth day-division.